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1. News | UAE
Dubai to get 10 new
footbridges next year
Number of pedestrian crossings to go up from 100
to 120 by 2016
Staff Report
Published: 16:09 June 28, 2014
Image Credit: RTA
An artist’s impression of a footbridge. Four air-conditioned
pedestrian bridges will be constructed on Al Sufouh Street.
Dubai: The number of pedestrian crossings in Dubai will
jump from 100 to 120 by 2016, as the Roads and
Transport Authority (RTA) embarks on a series of
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2. projects to upgrade infrastructure for pedestrians in the
city.
Mattar Al Tayer, Chairman of the Board and Executive
Director of the RTA, has endorsed the construction of
10 pedestrian bridges next year in various busy
locations at a cost of Dh40 million.
“Constructing footbridges stems from the commitment
of the RTA to provide safe means for pedestrians to
cross roads. The new bridges will be constructed in a
number of key locations that have been identified in
traffic studies focused on the intensity of pedestrian
movement, areas with abundant shops and businesses,
and locations recording high run-over accidents [black
points],” said Al Tayer.
Two pedestrian bridges will be constructed at Bani Yas
Street — one near the premises of the Land
Department, and the second near the premises of
Dubai Municipality.
Bridges will also be constructed at each of the following
streets — Khalid Bin Al Waleed Street (near Rifaa-
Saadiyat intersection), Al Nahda Street (nearb Al Twar
Centre), Al Ittihad Street (near Dnata), Al Marabea
Street (Road 323), Al Mankhool Street, Latifa Bint
Hamdan Street (near Al Khail Mall), Al Rabat Street
(near Bel Rumaitha Club), and the Dubai–Al Ain Road
(near Skycourts Buildings).
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Al Tayer added that RTA is committed to specific
standards in the design and construction of pedestrian
bridges in Dubai through conducting traffic studies that
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3. address population density, driving speed, services
provided on both sides of the road and the number of
traffic accidents in the area.
“Depending on solutions suggested by the studies,
deliverables are reflected in the form of technical and
traffic projects such as pedestrian bridges, signalised
pedestrian crossings, humps, and speed-breaking
devices, among others,” he said.
He noted that the efforts made by the RTA, in
collaboration with Dubai Police, contributed positively to
pedestrian traffic safety on roads, where the number of
fatalities reported in pedestrian accidents dropped from
9.5 fatalities per 100,000 people in 2007 to 2.3 fatalities
per 100,000 people in 2010, the number further
dropped to 1.2 fatalities per 100,000 in 2013.
The number of pedestrian bridges in Dubai jumped
from 14 in 2006 to 74 bridges in 2011, and the number
will go up to 100 by the end of this year.
Four covered and air-conditioned pedestrian bridges
will be constructed at Al Sufouh Street; two to serve
tram users and residents on both sides of the street,
and the other two to link Tecom with the opposite side
of the street as well as Dubai Marina Mall.
Work is under way on the construction of seven other
bridges to be completed in 2015, which will bring the
overall number of pedestrian bridges by 2016 to 120.
Al Tayer called on citizens, residents and visitors to use
the bridges and subways designated for crossing roads
and urged motorists to abide by the specific speed
limits and slow down at pedestrian crossings for their
own safety and the safety of road users.
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