If RTA is keen on promoting sustainable transportation in Dubai and want to reduce the congestion and pollution from vehicle in the central business districts of Deira and Bur Dubai, it should make the city more pedestrian friendly.
Remove all fences that divide the road and create more humps and pedestrian crosses. Now in most of the areas, it may take a couple of kilometres or more to just cross the road. If the city is more pedestrian friendly, people will be willing to park their cars without entering the city centres and would prefer to walk or take public transport.
But unfortunately, it is seen that RTA is erecting more and more fences in the interior of crowded cities. RTA should be able to differentiate the roads that leads to city and roads within the city while erecting middle fences. Fences are meant for highways.
The more sustainable way forward will be not to build more and more parking spaces, widening roads and erecting fences, but make cities more pedestrian friendly creating more and more zebra crossing and humps in the interior of cities.
Remove all fences that divide the road and create more humps and pedestrian crosses. Now in most of the areas, it may take a couple of kilometres or more to just cross the road. If the city is more pedestrian friendly, people will be willing to park their cars without entering the city centres and would prefer to walk or take public transport.
But unfortunately, it is seen that RTA is erecting more and more fences in the interior of crowded cities. RTA should be able to differentiate the roads that leads to city and roads within the city while erecting middle fences. Fences are meant for highways.
The more sustainable way forward will be not to build more and more parking spaces, widening roads and erecting fences, but make cities more pedestrian friendly creating more and more zebra crossing and humps in the interior of cities.
Hi there-Iam from Doha.
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Hi Sushma, thanks
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