The Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) and Dubai Police Common Headquarters have reported document enhancements in visitors stream and highway security following the enlargement of truck-movement restrictions on Emirates Street.
Carried out on January 1, 2025, the measures have been designed to scale back peak-hour congestion and improve security ranges throughout key corridors.
The outcomes present sharp reductions in incidents, greater compliance amongst truck operators and important will increase in common automobile speeds.
Dubai visitors incidents fall
RTA confirmed that limiting truck motion on Emirates Street — particularly the part between Al Awir Street and the Emirate of Sharjah throughout night peak hours from 5.30 pm to 8pm — has delivered measurable security features.
The variety of visitors incidents dropped to 37 circumstances in 2025, in contrast with 75 circumstances in 2024.
Compliance with truck-movement hours additionally elevated:
- 7.7 per cent enchancment on Emirates Street
- 5 per cent enchancment on Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Street
(June 2025 in contrast with November 2024)
Common automobile speeds rose by:
- 26 kmph on Emirates Street
- 19 kmph on Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Street
RTA stated the outcomes point out smoother visitors stream, lowered journey instances and a noticeable effectivity enchancment throughout important peak durations.
97% drop in permits issued in restricted hours
RTA reported a 97 per cent lower within the variety of visitors permits issued throughout restriction hours throughout each roads.
The authority stated the decline displays stronger adherence to allow standards and higher distribution of truck actions throughout different routes.
Hussain Al Banna, CEO of Site visitors and Roads Company at RTA, stated: “Implementing the restriction varieties a part of the technique to broaden truck-movement limits to scale back peak-hour congestion, enhance road-safety ranges, and improve visitors stream throughout Dubai’s highway community.
“The choice was taken in coordination with our strategic companions at Dubai Police Common Headquarters, the Division of Economic system and Tourism, DP World, and Dubai Airports,” stated
Al Banna stated the choice was primarily based on engineering and technical research protecting:
- Car density
- Site visitors volumes
- Incident statistics
- City improvement patterns
- Capability of other logistics routes
He added that RTA is working with Dubai Police and different entities to boost consciousness amongst heavy-vehicle drivers, putting in steering indicators and working multilingual campaigns throughout media and social platforms.
Dubai Police restrictions
Main Common Saif Muhair Al Mazrouei, Assistant Commander-in-Chief for Operations Affairs at Dubai Police, stated the night truck restriction adopted an in-depth research of engineering and technical standards to stability security necessities and transport wants.
He stated the first goal is to scale back incidents arising from overlapping between vans and lightweight autos whereas easing congestion on important corridors.
He stated: “The choice has contributed to bettering road-safety ranges and decreasing truck-related incident charges throughout peak hours. It has additionally enhanced visitors stream and eased bottlenecks on key roads similar to Emirates Street, whereas supporting environmental sustainability by decreasing congestion-related gasoline consumption and pollutant emissions,” he stated.
Main Common Al Mazrouei added that the initiative represents a proactive step towards a safer and extra environment friendly visitors surroundings and that success is dependent upon the collective dedication of truck drivers, firms and stakeholders.
