{"id":49670,"date":"2025-10-22T11:53:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T08:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/?p=49670"},"modified":"2025-10-22T11:53:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T08:53:14","slug":"significant-progress-for-saudi-cities-on-the-global-urban-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/significant-progress-for-saudi-cities-on-the-global-urban-stage\/","title":{"rendered":"Significant Progress for Saudi Cities on the Global Urban Stage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Saudi cities have witnessed remarkable advancement in global urban and livability rankings, reflecting the Kingdom\u2019s sweeping transformation under Vision 2030, which aims to build sustainable, smart, and globally competitive cities.<\/p>\n<p>Recent reports highlight major improvements in key urban centers such as Riyadh, Jeddah, and Dammam, particularly in sustainability, infrastructure, transportation, urban planning, and quality of life. These gains stem from ongoing government initiatives designed to enhance livability and position Saudi cities as leading global destinations for living, investment, and tourism.<\/p>\n<p>This progress is the result of national flagship programs such as the Quality of Life Program and the Saudi Cities Development Program, alongside visionary megaprojects like Riyadh Green, The Line, and NEOM, which redefine the future of urban living through innovation and clean technologies.<\/p>\n<p>According to international indicators, Saudi cities have improved their standings in areas including environmental performance, urban resilience, and public service quality, while also strengthening their presence in global economic and cultural indexes.<\/p>\n<p>This advancement stands as a testament to the Kingdom\u2019s integrated efforts to create sustainable and forward-looking urban environments, ensuring world-class living standards for both citizens and residents alike.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saudi cities have witnessed remarkable advancement in global urban and livability rankings, reflecting the Kingdom\u2019s sweeping transformation under Vision 2030, which aims to build sustainable, smart, and globally competitive cities. Recent reports highlight major improvements in key urban centers such as Riyadh, Jeddah, and Dammam, particularly in sustainability, infrastructure, transportation, urban planning, and quality of life. These gains stem from ongoing government initiatives designed to enhance livability and position Saudi cities as leading global destinations for living, investment, and tourism. This progress is the result of national flagship programs such as the Quality of Life Program and the Saudi Cities<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49671,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_yoast_wpseo_focuskw":"Significant Progress for Saudi","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"Significant Progress for Saudi Cities on the Global Urban Stage .. Saudi cities have witnessed remarkable advancement","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[229],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Significant Progress for Saudi Cities on the Global Urban Stage - The Saudi Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Significant Progress for Saudi Cities on the Global Urban Stage .. Saudi cities have witnessed remarkable advancement\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/significant-progress-for-saudi-cities-on-the-global-urban-stage\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Significant Progress for Saudi Cities on the Global Urban Stage - The Saudi Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Significant Progress for Saudi Cities on the Global Urban Stage .. Saudi cities have witnessed remarkable advancement\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/significant-progress-for-saudi-cities-on-the-global-urban-stage\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Saudi Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheSaudiTime\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-10-22T08:53:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Significant-Progress-for-Saudi-Cities-on-the-Global-Urban-Stage.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"960\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"540\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"The Saudi Times\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@thesauditimes_\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@thesauditimes_\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"The Saudi Times\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/significant-progress-for-saudi-cities-on-the-global-urban-stage\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/significant-progress-for-saudi-cities-on-the-global-urban-stage\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"The Saudi Times\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/ba8713cb31d87743608f3311cd180cd0\"},\"headline\":\"Significant Progress for Saudi Cities on the Global Urban Stage\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-22T08:53:14+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/significant-progress-for-saudi-cities-on-the-global-urban-stage\/\"},\"wordCount\":195,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/significant-progress-for-saudi-cities-on-the-global-urban-stage\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Significant-Progress-for-Saudi-Cities-on-the-Global-Urban-Stage.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Entertainment\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/significant-progress-for-saudi-cities-on-the-global-urban-stage\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/significant-progress-for-saudi-cities-on-the-global-urban-stage\/\",\"name\":\"Significant Progress for Saudi Cities on the Global Urban Stage - The Saudi Times\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/significant-progress-for-saudi-cities-on-the-global-urban-stage\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/significant-progress-for-saudi-cities-on-the-global-urban-stage\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Significant-Progress-for-Saudi-Cities-on-the-Global-Urban-Stage.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-22T08:53:14+00:00\",\"description\":\"Significant Progress for Saudi Cities on the Global Urban Stage .. Saudi cities have witnessed remarkable advancement\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/significant-progress-for-saudi-cities-on-the-global-urban-stage\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/significant-progress-for-saudi-cities-on-the-global-urban-stage\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/significant-progress-for-saudi-cities-on-the-global-urban-stage\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Significant-Progress-for-Saudi-Cities-on-the-Global-Urban-Stage.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Significant-Progress-for-Saudi-Cities-on-the-Global-Urban-Stage.png\",\"width\":960,\"height\":540,\"caption\":\"Significant Progress for Saudi Cities on the Global Urban Stage\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/significant-progress-for-saudi-cities-on-the-global-urban-stage\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Entertainment\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/category\/entertainment\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Significant Progress for Saudi Cities on the Global Urban Stage\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/\",\"name\":\"\u062c\u0631\u064a\u062f\u0629 \u062a\u0627\u064a\u0645\u0632 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0639\u0648\u062f\u064a\u0629\",\"description\":\"The Saudi Times\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"The Saudi Times\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Saudi Times\",\"alternateName\":\"The Saudi Times\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/The-Saudi-Times.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/The-Saudi-Times.jpeg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":1280,\"caption\":\"Saudi Times\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheSaudiTime\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/thesauditimes_\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/ba8713cb31d87743608f3311cd180cd0\",\"name\":\"The Saudi Times\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/s-bb-Copy-96x96.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/s-bb-Copy-96x96.png\",\"caption\":\"The Saudi Times\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/author\/ttaaamm84\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Significant Progress for Saudi Cities on the Global Urban Stage - The Saudi Times","description":"Significant Progress for Saudi Cities on the Global Urban Stage .. Saudi cities have witnessed remarkable advancement","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/significant-progress-for-saudi-cities-on-the-global-urban-stage\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Significant Progress for Saudi Cities on the Global Urban Stage - The Saudi Times","og_description":"Significant Progress for Saudi Cities on the Global Urban Stage .. Saudi cities have witnessed remarkable advancement","og_url":"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/significant-progress-for-saudi-cities-on-the-global-urban-stage\/","og_site_name":"The Saudi Times","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheSaudiTime","article_published_time":"2025-10-22T08:53:14+00:00","og_image":[{"width":960,"height":540,"url":"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Significant-Progress-for-Saudi-Cities-on-the-Global-Urban-Stage.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"The Saudi Times","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@thesauditimes_","twitter_site":"@thesauditimes_","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"The Saudi Times","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/significant-progress-for-saudi-cities-on-the-global-urban-stage\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/significant-progress-for-saudi-cities-on-the-global-urban-stage\/"},"author":{"name":"The Saudi Times","@id":"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/ba8713cb31d87743608f3311cd180cd0"},"headline":"Significant Progress for Saudi Cities on the Global Urban Stage","datePublished":"2025-10-22T08:53:14+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/significant-progress-for-saudi-cities-on-the-global-urban-stage\/"},"wordCount":195,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/significant-progress-for-saudi-cities-on-the-global-urban-stage\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Significant-Progress-for-Saudi-Cities-on-the-Global-Urban-Stage.png","articleSection":["Entertainment"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/significant-progress-for-saudi-cities-on-the-global-urban-stage\/","url":"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/significant-progress-for-saudi-cities-on-the-global-urban-stage\/","name":"Significant Progress for Saudi Cities on the Global Urban Stage - The Saudi Times","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/significant-progress-for-saudi-cities-on-the-global-urban-stage\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/significant-progress-for-saudi-cities-on-the-global-urban-stage\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Significant-Progress-for-Saudi-Cities-on-the-Global-Urban-Stage.png","datePublished":"2025-10-22T08:53:14+00:00","description":"Significant Progress for Saudi Cities on the Global Urban Stage .. Saudi cities have witnessed remarkable advancement","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/significant-progress-for-saudi-cities-on-the-global-urban-stage\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/significant-progress-for-saudi-cities-on-the-global-urban-stage\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/significant-progress-for-saudi-cities-on-the-global-urban-stage\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Significant-Progress-for-Saudi-Cities-on-the-Global-Urban-Stage.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Significant-Progress-for-Saudi-Cities-on-the-Global-Urban-Stage.png","width":960,"height":540,"caption":"Significant Progress for Saudi Cities on the Global Urban Stage"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/significant-progress-for-saudi-cities-on-the-global-urban-stage\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Entertainment","item":"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/category\/entertainment\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Significant Progress for Saudi Cities on the Global Urban Stage"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/","name":"\u062c\u0631\u064a\u062f\u0629 \u062a\u0627\u064a\u0645\u0632 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0639\u0648\u062f\u064a\u0629","description":"The Saudi Times","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/#organization"},"alternateName":"The Saudi Times","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/#organization","name":"Saudi Times","alternateName":"The Saudi Times","url":"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/The-Saudi-Times.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/The-Saudi-Times.jpeg","width":1280,"height":1280,"caption":"Saudi Times"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheSaudiTime","https:\/\/x.com\/thesauditimes_"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/ba8713cb31d87743608f3311cd180cd0","name":"The Saudi Times","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/s-bb-Copy-96x96.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/s-bb-Copy-96x96.png","caption":"The Saudi Times"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en"],"url":"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/author\/ttaaamm84\/"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Significant-Progress-for-Saudi-Cities-on-the-Global-Urban-Stage.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgnDiS-cV8","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49670"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49670\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49672,"href":"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49670\/revisions\/49672"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}