Transport ministry to spend SR773m on new road safety projects

Saudi Arabia's Transport Ministry announced on Sunday that it will implement eight road safety projects at a total cost of SR773 million ($20.6 million), according to Arab News.

The eight projects will improve the safety of the Kingdom’s road system, which covers more than 68,000 kilometers.

The eight activities incorporate the foundation of the National Road Safety Center,  three “traffic safety equipment” projects, three “rumble strip” projects — to alarm drivers to changing street conditions, and the execution of suggestions from a year ago's 

​Engineering and Consultancy Services Agreement, which distinguished various issues with the nation's street organize, including mishap dark spots; assessed the service's movement control focuses; broke down mischance reports; and modernized the service's wellbeing division documentation and approaches. 

As indicated by the public statement, it will actualize a further 15 extends throughout the following three years, all went for decreasing the quantity of mishaps and setbacks on the Kingdom's streets. It is assessed that car crashes cause material misfortunes of SR4.4 billion consistently. 

Later undertakings will incorporate enhanced security offices at creature intersections, the establishment of defensive obstructions for lampposts on a few streets, enhanced convergences and intersections, and enhanced road lighting around hazardous crossing points. 

The total cost for all 23 projects will be around SR2.2 billion. They are part of the transport ministry’s contribution to the objectives of Saudi Vision 2030.

In a plan to tackle Riyadh’s traffic problems, the new Riyadh Metro will carry at least 1.16 million passengers daily, while Riyadh Bus Network will carry about 900,000 passengers every day to feed the metro trains.

They are part of the ambitious Riyadh Public Transit Network Project (RPTN).

“The system aims to carry 1.16 million passengers per day during its initial phase, with a peak of 3.6 million per day at ultimate capacity,” said Tariq Al-Faris, the chief executive officer of Riyadh Development Authority (RDA). He said the railway and bus networks will address the traffic problems of Riyadh, which has a population of 6.5 million people today.

“Its streets currently witness more than 9 million car trips per day, raising problems of congestion, pollution and reduced mobility that threaten to choke economic growth in Riyadh, making the development of a comprehensive public transportation system paramount,” said

Al-Faris. He said that the metro arrange, with its six lines totaling 176 km and 85 metro stations, will cover the vast majority of the thickly populated zones and open offices, and also administrative, instructive, business and therapeutic establishments. 

Referring to the trains’ passenger capacity, he said the “Riyadh Metro trainset will be 36 meters long and will be able to accommodate up to 260 passengers. The metro trains will be driverless and designed to run on standard gauge tracks, at a top speed of 90 kilometers per hour.”

The Riyadh Metro task will have 190 trainsets, and the system is intended to suit up to 338 trains when required, he noted. 

Likewise, metro stations are structured by a bound together building example, giving the task a one of a kind look and feel, said a booklet discharged by the RDA. Planned to give travelers wellbeing and solace, all stations will be cooled, outfitted with traveler data frameworks and free Internet get to. Stations will make utilization of sun based cells innovation, to spare around 20 percent of the power required for cooling and lighting. 

The announcement said that to urge individuals to utilize the system, an aggregate of 25 stop and-ride offices are being worked along the lines. "A sum of 80 transport courses, which will be feeder courses for Riyadh Metro, will cover the capital city," said the announcement, alluding to the working of 3,000 transport terminals and stations. The transport armada will be comprised of 842 vehicles altogether.