Categories: Traffic Safety and Saudi Arabia

Traffic Flow Facilitation by Saudi Tunnels

The capitals of countries are often characterized by high population density, which disrupts traffic flow in any country, and the same case is true for Saudi Arabia, as some areas of Riyadh suffer from traffic congestion, due to population density and the high use of cars and transportation. Therefore, the Kingdom worked on building tunnels to facilitate the traffic flow, and link areas over large distances smoothly.

To make these tunnels safe, two main elements are needed: The secure design of these tunnels and the provision of traffic safety systems, which Shawahid Industrial Roads Company contributes to maintaining traffic safety and facilitating traffic flow.

The importance of tunnels in traffic flow

As we mentioned, tunnels reduce congestion and improve traffic flow, thus enhancing traffic safety, talking about Riyadh, the Kingdom has constructed one of the longest tunnels in the Middle East, as the tunnel is about 2,150 meters, and was built through Al-Orouba Road with the Prince Mohammed bin Salman intersection.

This project is not only characterized by facilitating traffic flow and linking some areas to each other easily, but it also gives vehicles paths away from pedestrians and bicycles, providing a high level of traffic safety. Reducing congestion, facilitating traffic flow, and achieving traffic safety will help shift cities into smart cities achieving the Saudi Vision 2030 goal.

Types of traffic safety systems and their importance in traffic flow in tunnels

Luminous Tiles

Luminous Tiles are characterized by their high illumination due to high-efficiency LEDs, these traffic safety systems are used in pedestrian walkways and sidewalks to illuminate the boundaries and edges of the street to enhance traffic flow, and they have a long lifespan of up to 300,000 hours with the same brightness

Ceramic Road Studs

Road studs are one of the systems used to clarify vision and alert drivers with their various types, including types used in tunnels facilitating traffic flow.

Ceramic road studs perform this role very efficiently, as they have a dual function: They provide a sound alert due to the noise they generate when vehicles pass over them, and a physical alert due to the vibration they create for cars, Thus, enhancing traffic flow and safety.

With a weight capacity of up to 25 tons, it can mark the sides of the road, as a bump, or draw a specific traffic symbol. It makes ceramic road studs efficient in enhancing traffic flow

Performed Thermal Road Markings

They are one of the developed products produced by Shawahid to facilitate traffic flow, which is considered an innovation for traffic signs, where road markings are applied in small shapes and installed on the road, placed in a specific arrangement, and passed by a flame to melt, so it prevents traffic flow disruption

Shock absorption systems and traffic flow

In some tunnels, there may be a crossroad or guardrail at the beginning of the tunnel, which shock absorber systems can be used to enhance traffic flow

Crash Cushion systems

The Crash Cushion is characterized by a high shock absorption ability as it contains internal cushions, when a collision occurs, the cushion compresses without breaking, and this system has been tested by MASH TL-3 and proved its efficiency, which protects passengers to a high level and facilitate traffic flow.

Shawahid’s systems equipped the Kingdom’s tunnels

As we mentioned, the constructed tunnels aim to make the traffic flow easier, thus enhancing traffic safety, so these tunnels must be equipped with traffic safety systems to secure them effectively. Shawahid Company has succeeded in facilitating the traffic flow through its developed and pioneering systems in Saudi Arabia and throughout the Middle East, so officials are keen to maintain traffic flow with our systems as we provide them easily when contacting us:

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