Mohammad Abu Taleb, 28, Egyptian
“Bottlenecks in certain areas have a spillover effect, causing long tailbacks, but more than that, I feel driving indiscipline adds to motorists woes. It is common to see drivers cutting in dangerously, overtake from hard shoulders and slow drivers in the left on most Dubai roads. I face bottlenecks every day on Hessa street on Al Manama road where people cut in from different sides to access the exits.”
Naveed Kobatte, 35, Indian
“RTA has done a great job in building a modern infrastructure. I do face a few traffic jams on a daily basis but that is part of the big city life. Without RTA’s efforts in building these new flyovers and bridges the traffic situation would have been worse.”
Zubair Haider, 38, Pakistani
“I have been spending several hours of the day daily commuting between Sharjah and Dubai since my school days. It has become a part of my routine now. To make it easier, I take a break in between by having a cup of tea and stepping out for a few minutes, mostly during return trips to Sharjah.”
Farook Lampeth, 40, Indian
“Despite the infrastructure development, traffic situation has remained the same. I still spend more than four hours daily driving to work from Ajman to Dubai and back. We expected the Mohammad Bin Zayed road expansion would ease the situation but there has been no significant impact.”
Calvin Royo, 34, Filipino
“Most people work in one part of Dubai and live in the other or in the norther emirates like Sharjah or Ajman, which results in all of them heading in one direction at the same time, to and fro. I think authorities should focus on creating more low-cost and affordable residential neighbourhoods attached to the commercial clusters, which could help disperse traffic.”