The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has introduced that its Dynamic Message Indicators system has decreased journey instances by as much as 20 per cent on key corridors while enhancing street security throughout Dubai’s street community.
“The system considerably enhances street security by producing sequential messages based mostly on the placement of an incident,” stated Salah Al Marzouqi, Director of Clever Visitors Techniques at RTA’s Visitors and Roads Company. “It robotically creates consecutive alert zones at totally different distances, beginning 2 kilometres earlier than the incident web site, adopted by a congestion zone, and eventually a steering zone additional away with lighter visitors, to redirect autos away from the accident web site and scale back the danger of secondary collisions.”
Highway message system enhances security
The RTA presently operates 112 digital indicators strategically positioned throughout the emirate’s principal street community, built-in inside the superior iTraffic system at Dubai’s Clever Visitors Techniques Centre. The indicators present early warnings about accidents, visitors congestion and hostile climate circumstances, with 22 devoted to displaying journey instances to key locations reminiscent of Dubai Worldwide Airport and Dubai Marina.
“Dynamic Message Indicators are among the many most essential real-time communication channels with street 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 assist street security consciousness campaigns.”
Through the first half of 2025, a complete of 17,819 messages had been displayed via the system. Accident-related messages topped the checklist with 12,283, adopted by 1,038 warning messages, 984 congestion alerts and 905 breakdown notifications. Moreover, 90 messages had been issued for full street closures, together with 2,519 different alerts protecting climate circumstances, roadworks and extra.
The system integrates with discipline sensor information, together with journey time monitoring methods, visitors quantity and velocity detectors, and climate stations. The central iTraffic platform analyses this information utilizing synthetic intelligence to develop rapid response plans, that are both permitted by operators or robotically executed throughout emergencies reminiscent of fog or heavy rain.
