Traffic Congestion In Sharjah Essay

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Introduction
The United Arab Emirates (U.A.E) has been one of the most economically developed economies in the Middle East. Its levels of development have far exceeded everyone’s expectations especially in the fields of Tourism, Investment, and Real Estate. As a result, the UAE became one of the wealthiest countries in the Middle East scoring “3rd Under GDP per capita” (Middle East: GDP per Capita, n.d) . The UAE has a population of over 9 million Residents which “88% is made up of expats”( Expats make up over 88% of UAE population,2011).Yet, the country still tries to maintain its National identity and culture for further years to come.
The issue of Traffic Congestion in Sharjah
Sharjah, a major city in the UAE, has been one of the most heavily …show more content…

The Sharjah-Dubai Road, which is also known to Residents as Ittihad Road. I remember being on that road every single day and on my way to school, I remember coming to class late mainly due to the high level of congestion coming from oncoming Sharjah residents to Dubai this became a big problem to a wide variety of Tertiary sector workers and it is expected to cause the UAE economy more than “12Bn Dirhams” (Sadaqat, 2016) which is around 4.26 billion CAD $ in losses out of lost time and fuel. The Sharjah-Dubai Traffic congestion has been around ever since economic development occurred in the UAE and due to immigration, areas such as Sharjah became a popular hotspot for new immigrants, who are new to the country, mainly due to the rent prices and the wide variety of Supermarkets offering a variety of goods and services to satisfy consumer demand. The UAE government along with the RTA has been continuously trying to improve the road conditions in the city; through a variety of expansion programs in order to avoid traffic congestion. This has involved a proposition of building an easier access to “Exit E311”. “Many Sharjah residents who had relocated to Dubai during the 2009 economic downturn have also come back in what is described as a reverse …show more content…

And the establishment of Salik Road Tolls at Ittihad Road were doing absolutely nothing towards the problem this is due to people saving more on rent making those toll gates inefficient and ineffective in terms of combating the Road Rush even causing the problem to become even worse than it was since 2009.As a result, further expansions in Sharjah were deemed worthless and even time consuming as traffic congestion increased with the purchases of motor vehicles and due to that Speed monitoring became a main source of income to overcome the losses that have occurred as a result of the regular day-to-day congestion. The Traffic became a major problem in the city that residents had to wake up very early just to get to their workplace in Dubai making Sharjah an intolerable place to live mainly due to the traffic coming inwards and outwards of the city. The nucleated settlements made it even harder to make new roads. This made Dubai a more attractive place to live in due to order and less risks of traffic jams especially with the introduction of the Dubai Metro which has significantly reduced

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