Dubai’s plans for a 40-mile-long ‘High Line’ will transform the desert city into something much more livable

Dubai is looking to transform a highway into a lush urban corridor with 1 million planted trees.

For all its futuristic towers and rococo gilded luxury, Dubai is not exactly a pleasant city to live in. It’s an ocean of asphalt and cement that’s cooking in sand, with highs that reach 100 degrees Fahrenheit in the summer and don’t dip below 88 degrees for much of the year. This makes walking around uncomfortable, which means citizens opt for staying at home, hanging out in their gated communities, or shuttling around in their car’s AC bubble. This may radically change if the Dubai Green Spine succeeds.