As happy as JLT residents are with the idea of a new park, many say they wish more attention was paid to traffic problems. “Our biggest concern is the roads,” said Arthur, who has lived in JLT for two years. “My wife and son don’t go to the JLT station that is closest to our …
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Security guards from Jumeirah Lakes Towers were deployed at key traffic points on Tuesday, a day after motorists were forced to leave the area as traffic ground to a halt. The normal congestion was on Monday worsened when a car broke down and by increased traffic from students returning to school. Motorists who work in …
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Residents of Jumeirah Lakes Towers (JLT) face a six-month wait for relief from huge queues to leave the development each morning. As the number of people living on the development has steadily risen over 18 months, the single access road to Sheikh Zayed Road has become choked with traffic, particularly during the morning and evening …
A road construction project to ease congestion around Jumeirah Lakes Towers in Dubai will be finished by year’s end, the Roads and Transport Authority has said. The third phase of the parallel roads project, which cost Dh450 million, is 75 per cent complete. “The project ranks among the biggest undertaken by the RTA and is …
Roadworks that have been causing massive traffic jams in Jumeirah Lakes Towers will take another eight weeks to complete. Jams have been a constant nightmare to JLT’s 30,000 residents for the past three years, but last week was such a particularly bad week that many are considering moving to other areas of the city. However, …
Disgruntled motorists gave up trying to reach offices at Jumeirah Lakes Towers today and residents stayed at home after traffic was brought to a standstill by a broken-down car. Commuters who were unable to leave or enter the development for more than three hours posted pictures of the traffic jam on Twitter, with warnings to …
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Reckless driving is the main cause of serious accidents on our roads. And too many victims of such crashes end up in intensive care units – sometimes without any hope of regaining their old lives. This is not only tragic for them and their family, but it imposes severe strains on the health care system …
When cities grow, traffic often becomes the default excuse for almost anything. Late for a meeting? Blame traffic. Don’t want to go out? Blame traffic. City planners have several ways out of this problem. They can build their way out, by widening roads or adding alternative routes around choke points. Alternatively, as is the case …
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Residents who use the Sharekni car-pooling scheme will now be able to find their way around thanks to a geographic information system. Locations across Dubai and other emirates are being uploaded to the online programme by the Roads and Transport Authority. “Linking the Sharekni programme with the GIS system has made it very easy for …
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Three students have won an award for their short film promoting the use of child seats in cars. The three-minute movie aims to encourage Emiratis and expatriates to use the restraints to help protect their little ones. The three student filmmakers, all Emiratis, have now been awarded the first Transport Research Laboratory (TRL) Road Safety …
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