Dubai Roads organizes awareness campaigns about the truck ban policy

The Roads and Transport Authority, in cooperation with the Dubai Police General Command, organized field awareness campaigns to familiarize truck drivers with the truck movement ban policy, traffic safety for heavy vehicles, and the locations of their movement ban. This coincides with the implementation of the truck movement ban that the Authority implemented with Dubai Police on January 1, 2017. Emirates Road from Al Awir towards the Emirate of Sharjah during the evening peak hours from 05:30 to 08:00.

The Roads and Transport Authority explained that an awareness campaign for drivers of heavy vehicles and trucks about the times of the ban on truck traffic on the emirate’s streets, focused on introducing the policy and times of the ban on truck movement, specifically on Emirates Road during the evening peak hours for those heading from Dubai to Sharjah. The field campaign targeted truck drivers and heavy vehicles in the truck rest stops located on Emirates Road and Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road, and included the distribution of in-kind gifts and awareness leaflets through the response code (QR Code) to drivers in three languages: (Arabic, English, and Urdu) about the dates of the ban times and detailed maps. For Dubai roads and streets, indicating the truck traffic ban times.

The field campaigns included awareness of heavy vehicle safety, and these campaigns revolved around three goals: transportation safety, awareness, and traffic safety. The heavy vehicle safety awareness campaign included (1,000) truck and heavy vehicle drivers, and they were made aware of the importance of adhering to security and safety standards when driving their trucks and heavy vehicles, in addition to making them aware of the necessity of adhering to traffic rules.

Expanding the ban on truck movement

The Roads and Transport Authority prohibits truck traffic on some streets and roads in the Emirate of Dubai at different times, depending on the axis and region. Truck traffic is prohibited at all times on the main roads within the Emirate of Dubai, such as Al Ittihad Street, Al Meydan Street, and all crossings. Other streets, such as Sheikh Zayed Road and nearby residential areas, are subject to traffic. From the Emirate of Sharjah, such as Al Mizhar, Al Muhaisnah, and Oud Al Muteena, the movement of trucks will be banned for 16 hours a day, starting at 06:00 in the morning and ending at 10:00 in the evening, while the areas are subject to… In medium-crowded urban areas, truck traffic is prohibited during morning and evening peak times, such as Airport Street, Amman Street, and Damascus Street, where truck traffic is prohibited during the following times: from 06:30 to 08:30 AM, from 01:00 PM to 03:00 PM, and from 05: 30 to 8:00 pm.

It is worth noting that modifying truck traffic on the roads is subject to numerous engineering and technical studies and details, which depend on vehicle density, traffic accident statistics, the state of urban development on both sides of the street, and the distribution of vehicle traffic on alternative roads capable of accommodating traffic movement.