This article in Arabic about it
http://www.almadapaper.net/news.php?action=view&id=5844

and some pictures

http://almadapaper.net/filemanager.php?action=image&id=1757

http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSgDpf4AELMb5LoJ80P5fOyoxK7cd1VJfETaMBHJJcLbPu1hciI&t=1

http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRXi5JbCcWbEeqLOdaAwF2bs0jJc6bHcnpZK9DBxnOUHXKVafF7&t=1

http://www.alnudrah.com/PIMGS/thumblarge.php?imgid=202


They are exactly the same ones which are in Dubai
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1206/618281485_19cab6e2fb.jpg

LOL dont ask about the pictures thats the best I could find ..

so is the last one in Dubai or Baghdad ?

so is the last one in Dubai or Baghdad ?

it says Wild Wadi so it's Dubai lol! and you see Jumeirah Beach Hotel in the top right :P

and this is very good! all the bus stops in baghdad should be like this :)

aahh right thanks lol :) and yet I cant help but think that the Dubai ones look much nicer :/

haha yea the last one is in Dubai as I mentioned !
+ the ones here in Dubai are air-conditioned !

oh aren't the baghdad ones? i thought that was the whole point...

ummm .. idnno I think its suppose to be , but I dont see any ACs their ?

with electricity shortages, can we really afford air conditioned bus stops ?!

yeah, so people would leave theyre houses and fight over bus stops every time the wataniya goes out :D

lol well in the future hopefully they get installed but it's insane not to have aircon in them, especially in summer

These bus stops have been in a few place s around baghdad, I think I did mention it sometime last year.

They are of course NOT air conditioned like the Dubai ones. In Iraq they would just steal the air conditioners.

^ HAHA

its not funny, its true -.-

well its not all so good for the airconditioned bus stops in UAE lool

Commuters sweat over faulty bus shelter air conditioning

http://gulfnews.com/polopoly_fs/rejected-refuge-1.818849!image/3589119284.jpg_gen/derivatives/box_475/3589119284.jpg

Dubai: Commuters are braving the sweltering heat with air conditioning at many bus shelters across Dubai letting them down.
Residents' calls for authorities to take urgent action to fix the faulty air conditioners, however, has evoked a heated response from the Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) which has blamed users who leave the doors of bus shelters open.
"The bus shelters are supposed to offer refuge especially during the hot summer. But it is of little use if the ACs are not working," said Lili Beth, a commuter.
No escape
Waiting under the shade of a building right behind a bus shelter on Al Diyafah street, Beth said that those who take the bus to work every day like her have no escape. "It is getting hotter by the day, there is even a risk of heat stroke," she said.
Another regular commuter, Edward Sibug, nodded agreement. The air conditioning at the bus shelter he had been waiting at, around 1.30 in the afternoon, had not been working for months, he said.
"People refrain from waiting inside the shelter as it gets unbearably hot within the shelter," said Sibug who uses buses and the Metro every day to go to work and get back.
Malfunctioning AC
The malfunctioning ACs are a blow to the government's efforts to popularise the use of public transport, others pointed out.
"The AC problem needs to be fixed immediately to encourage more people to use the buses. It will reduce a lot of inconvenience for the public," said Mo Badri.
Mohammad Javed said faulty ACs at bus shelters have become all too common and made particular mention of one near Shindagha tunnel in Deira and another one in Bur Dubai.
RTA efforts
The RTA has completed construction of 900 air-conditioned bus shelters spanning all bus stops in Dubai and 770 of them are now fully operational, Mohammad Al Ali, director of buildings and facilities at RTA's Corporate Technical Support Services Sector, said in a statement issued on Monday.
"With onset of summer, several complaints are being made about the performance of air conditioning systems fitted to these shelters, citing that they are not functioning properly. However, we confirm that these airconditioners are highly efficient and the reason for any poor performance is attributed to the fact that some users leave the doors of these shelters open for a long period; which causes the ACs to switch off as the indoor environment of the shelter is adversely affected by the external weather where temperature is currently on the rise, particularly at noon," said Al Ali.
He added that work is ongoing to make more bus shelters operational in order to improve levels of services delivered to bus commuters and boost the integration of various mass transit modes in Dubai Emirate.
Al Ali called on the public using airconditioned bus shelters to comply with the usage guidelines on display inside these shelters.
"If implemented, the guidelines can ensure the efficiency and effectiveness of these shelters as a vital and crucial component of mass transit systems in the emirate."


Lol its embaressing that this passes for Breaking Headline News in UAE lol.

^^ LOL , those stops has saved my life many times :P (not literally)
like u know in summer, its soooo damn hot here (reaches 50 degrees) , so I just take a rest in one of the stops :p and at night, many drunk indians just sleep in it :D

^^ i really didn't think many people use public transport in UAE lol, everyone pretty much drives there.. or takes a cab :S

hmm.. maybe i should stop in Dubai next time in the mideast, it's been a while since I went there

^^ i really didn't think many people use public transport in UAE lol, everyone pretty much drives there.. or takes a cab :S

hmm.. maybe i should stop in Dubai next time in the mideast, it's been a while since I went there

before few years no one used to use public transport, but lately the RTA (road and transport authority) has worked really hard ! so no almost all the labors here ( which is most of the population here ) uses buses, and a lot of people use metro as well , especially young people ! and caps as well used a lot .. we u can say all types of transport is used here including the sea taxis !

these things will be like saunas during the hot summer

tell me about it !

Btw this project is complete