Duration A recent coordination meeting, the officials reviewed the implementation of the Dubai 2022-2026 traffic security strategy, examined the road safety performance indicators and discussed the plans of the mobility monitoring unit.
The general director of the RTA, Mattar al Tayer, highlighted the successful execution of 53 joint initiatives in 2024, which proved to help achieve the objective reduction objectives of the strategy, according to a statement from the declaration of the declaration of the declaration of the declaration of the declaration of Emirates news agency (WAM).
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Al Tayer emphasized the importance of maintaining the impulse to make the vision of “zero deaths” and establish Dubai as a global reference point for road safety.
Lieutenant General Abdullah Khalifa to Marri, commander in chief of the Dubai Police, said that collaboration efforts had yielded notable results, with traffic deaths and incidents that decreased by more than 90 percent in the last 18 years.
“The awareness campaigns play a vital role in achieving the results of the thesis. The messaging aimed at the laws and regulations of traffic safety has hired all segments of society. A total of eight awareness campaigns reached approximately 255,000 people. Violations, including injuries and deaths, produced by Werne, obtaining approximately 117 million visits.
The meeting reviewed the compliance efforts that have registered around 145,000 violations that involve delivery motorcycles and almost 40,000 violations related to bicycles and electronic scooters.
The authorities also registered approximately 60,000 pedestrian violations and confiscated around 24,000 vehicles, almost 4,000 delivery motorcycles and more than 54,000 personal mobility devices.
The performance indicators showed that road deaths have decreased from 21.7 per 100,000 people in 2007 to 1.8 in 2024.
The deaths of the pedestrians fell from 9.5 to 0.3, and the combined rate of deaths and serious injuries fell from 36.2 to only 4. The mortality rate per 10000 vehicles registered also decreased from 4.2 to 0.45.
The road engineering initiatives included the evaluation and improvement of 23 high -risk locations, the installation of 54 high pedestrian crossings and updates in multiple sites to improve the safety of soft mobility users.
The joint efforts between RTA and the Dubai Police included 19 visits to the site to truck rest areas and 85 awareness workshops aimed at delivery passengers, which involve more than 15,000 drivers.
The meeting also addressed the growing use of personal mobility devices, with bicycle trips that increased from 44 million in 2023 to 46.6 million in 2024 (5 percent growth), and E-SCooter trips increase from 30 million to 32.3 million) … … …
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RTA presented its roads and 2030 transport plan, structured around four key pillars. The first focuses on road infrastructure, which includes 39 strategic projects, including updates to the main runners such as Latifa Bint Hamdan Street, HESSA Street and improvements in Al Wasl, Jumeirah and UMM Suqeim Roads.
The second Pilar addresses transport policy with measures that include flexible work hours, remote work policies, dedicated bus lanes and expanded truck movement restrictions. The third pillar covers the development of public transport, including the construction of the Dubai Metro blue line and the expansion of dedicated lanes for buses and taxis.
The fourth Pilar is concentrated in smart traffic systems, with RTA launching phase 2 of the smart project of traffic systems that is addressed to 100 percent network coverage in Dubai.
This initiative includes updating the traffic incident management system and improving the efficiency of marked intersections.
With these integral measures, Dubai continues its transformation towards a safer and efficient transport infrastructure, establishing new standards for urban mobility.
