7 factors that decide the construction of pedestrian bridges and determine their location in Dubai
The Roads and Transport Authority in Dubai relies on 7 factors or criteria upon which it depends in the decision to construct a pedestrian bridge in a location in the emirate. The projects of constructing pedestrian bridges are also given utmost importance due to its role in preventing run-over accidents in their locations.
The authority has paid great attention to pedestrian safety and has worked during the past years, starting in 2006, to provide safe means of transportation for pedestrians to cross the road.
The plans implemented by the authority to reduce pedestrian accidents are not limited to technical measures, but also depend on several other measures that include engineering safety procedures, and traffic awareness campaigns for various segments of society with a focus on school students, as the authority continuously works to organize awareness campaigns to spread the importance of using Safe means such as pedestrian crossings, bridges or tunnels, to avoid trampling accidents.
The Roads and Transport Authority in Dubai has set several standards on the basis of which bridges are executed, and the following are the most important factors that the authority takes before constructing footbridges:
1- The site recorded a large percentage of run-over accidents.
2- Traffic density in the area.
3- Population movement between both sides of the road.
4- The distance between the nearest pedestrian crossing, the locations of public transport stops, and the areas where markets, commercial centers and governmental and private institutions are concentrated.
5- The speed of the street, the number of traffic accidents in it, and the services provided on both sides of it.
6- Remarks received from the Dubai Police General Headquarters and the public.
7- Traffic studies that recommend technical and traffic projects that are translated into either pedestrian bridges or pedestrian crossing areas equipped with lights.
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