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Salwa Road what were they thinking???
Ok starting to realise the traffic in Doha will never improve with the road planners doing what they are. A trip up Salwa road today and i discovered at what used to be a round-about is now a huge junction with traffic lights!?
When will that start thinking proactivly about the roads here?
I havent been here to long but i visited dubai a few times and u can drive across most of town without having to stop at traffic lights.
Doha needs to invest in proper wide roads with flyovers/unders at evety major intersection. Intersections with traffic lights just dont work with the volumes of traffic this city has.
I'd love to know who is spending these hundreds of millions of riyals in new roads that cant even cope with ramadan traffic never mind regular traffic.
I'd advise against any travel on salwa once these new intersections start opening up as they are the wrong choice for such a busy road.
Rant over
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stealth said
go to sleep then... ...go to sleep then...
zubairkhateer said
Strange.... ...they are making the flyover there....:S:S:S
And i think they planned perfectly as per the follow of traffic on that road.
Ana Khateer!!!
Knight Returns said
This is only a temporary ...This is only a temporary arrangement till the construction of the tunnels are going on. Once its over, we dont have to stop anywhere from Ramada signal to Abu Nakhla..yeeaa I will reach my office in 10 minutes!!
fling said
i love this tunnel they're ...i love this tunnel they're making
life's too short to be sitting around miserable
TheDarkKnightRises said
Remember the traffic at ...Remember the traffic at Shindagha Tunnel or Makhtoum bridge a few years back? Things didn't change overnight in Dubai and they won't change overnight here.
Yes, things can be better and a lot of scope for improvement but why this comparison with Dubai?
Dubai had the worst traffic management system when I was there with people leaving homes as early as 4:30 AM in an attempt to reach by 8 AM. Dubai-proactive-traffic, what a laugh.
Molten Metal said
fling ...Yes, we should appreciate their efforts.
And there are many things one can do while waiting at traffic signals or in a slow moving traffic.
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Totaleclipse said
you're right! the traffic ...you're right! the traffic lights are unbearable. just when i thought lebanon had too much traffic. the only difference is that here there's organized traffic.
Eagley said
MM said, "And there are many ...MM said, "And there are many things one can do while waiting at traffic signals or in a slow moving traffic."
Indeed, I learned my Arabic numbers from looking at car number plates at traffic lights / jams in Doha...
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Mercy above Justice
timebandit said
I think Salwa is coming on ...I think Salwa is coming on nicely. Once all the underpasses are operational it will be awesome. At the moment I hate going near it, but no pain no gain.
Oh one lat thing. A major landmark in Doha has ceased to exist, and a new one come into being. Decoration round-about is dead, long live Decoration Signal.
Zilo_Guy10 said
Lol Total eclipe.... ...Lol Total eclipe.... Organized ?? Can you pls explain how is it organized ? And forget about Lbanon.. No one is bothered i guess.
spybot said
TIQ ...TIQ
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mamamia2411 said
it will be like.... ...It will become almost like the Airport - Shamal Road... (D ring)
Molten Metal said
Eagley ...Nice to know , the possibilities are limitless ..
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PearlQ said
Visit Mumbai... ...Then you will appreciate Salwa Road.
Yes, they r slow but that is how it is buddy....Cheer up!!
blismur said
Qatardecoration round about ...It's impossible to do worse the things. Those traffic lights in Qatardecoration round about have afected to all who have to take salwa road to go to work.
Now I have to take different ways, do more kilometers and spend more time. Is it a solution? That is the way to improve the infrastructures? Can anyone remove the traffic lights? Unbelievable!
timebandit said
Yes blismur, but only until ...Yes blismur, but only until the underpass is functioning, then you will love Decoration Signal/RA and feel all the pain was worth it.
mozaismyhero said
I'm sure the traffic lights ...I'm sure the traffic lights go green to allow you to move..... Upgrades take time and they do not do it deliberately just to inconvience you. This upgrade will benefit Qatar and Qataris for many years to come, so stay patient. The whinning is a bit annoying
MeltedCrystals said
Why give a damn? Stay at ...Why give a damn? Stay at home.
marycatherine said
Goodness! You're holding up ...Goodness! You're holding up Dubai as better? You certainly didn't live/drive there when all their improvements were under construction.
Signature line > "You can't fix stupid"
hapy said
Dubai was nightmare a few ...Dubai was nightmare a few years ago.
britexpat said
Will I still be able to use ...Will I still be able to use by bicycle in the underpass ?
apoose said
This traffic signals takes ...This traffic signals takes long times red light to turn on almost 5 minutes? only relief once green light turned on it allows all the vehicles to clear. But should not be 5 minutes?!!
Drovers dog said
the wait is 7 minutes at the last round-about ...Im not worried as its my stop for a smoke,, time i finish the lighst changed, and off we go,,,
......................................................again its Not my fault i was born from the lucky country downunder,
sanwebs said
agree with apoose. ever you ...agree with apoose. ever you been through sports R/A, the worst traffic lights over there. Also new traffic lights on salwa road, takes more than 5 mins. Even when no vehicle on other side, still the lights are on green. Please bring new technology and make the life much better. The government spending lots of money on these projects, so why they don't introduce similar systems which are inforce in western countries like Europe!
Totaleclipse said
by "organized" traffic i mean ...by "organized" traffic i mean that here the traffic is caused by traffic lights.
In Lebanon no one follows the few traffic lights that are there and whenever they do spot traffic lights they pass them :D (that's the Lebanese way) there's heavy traffic in our country due to the huge number of cars in a country so small and the poorly planned roads/bridges.. and crappy infrastructure, thus, messy traffic vs organized (thru traffic lights) traffic. And no i can't forget about Lebanon. I guess you have already forgotten you country???