The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has introduced that its Dynamic Message Indicators system has diminished journey instances by as much as 20 per cent on key corridors while enhancing highway security throughout Dubai’s highway community.
“The system considerably enhances highway security by producing sequential messages based mostly on the placement of an incident,” mentioned Salah Al Marzouqi, Director of Clever Visitors Techniques at RTA’s Visitors and Roads Company. “It routinely creates consecutive alert zones at completely different distances, beginning 2 kilometres earlier than the incident website, adopted by a congestion zone, and eventually a steering zone additional away with lighter visitors, to redirect automobiles away from the accident website and scale back the chance of secondary collisions.”
Highway message system enhances security
The RTA at the moment operates 112 digital indicators strategically positioned throughout the emirate’s primary highway community, built-in throughout the superior iTraffic system at Dubai’s Clever Visitors Techniques Centre. The indicators present early warnings about accidents, visitors congestion and opposed climate circumstances, with 22 devoted to displaying journey instances to key locations equivalent to Dubai Worldwide Airport and Dubai Marina.
“Dynamic Message Indicators are among the many most necessary real-time communication channels with highway customers,” Al Marzouqi added. “They’re used to broadcast alerts about congestion, accidents, and automobile breakdowns, handle visitors diversions, information motion throughout main occasions, and help highway security consciousness campaigns.”
Throughout the first half of 2025, a complete of 17,819 messages have been displayed by way of the system. Accident-related messages topped the record with 12,283, adopted by 1,038 warning messages, 984 congestion alerts and 905 breakdown notifications. Moreover, 90 messages have been issued for full highway closures, together with 2,519 different alerts overlaying climate circumstances, roadworks and extra.
The system integrates with subject sensor knowledge, together with journey time monitoring methods, visitors quantity and pace detectors, and climate stations. The central iTraffic platform analyses this knowledge utilizing synthetic intelligence to develop fast response plans, that are both permitted by operators or routinely executed throughout emergencies equivalent to fog or heavy rain.
