New plan to ease traffic around Dubai schools: Parents urge bus operators to reduce fees, commute times

New plan to ease traffic around Dubai schools: Parents urge bus operators to reduce fees, commute times

Published: Fri 10 May 2024, 6:00 AM

Dubai has launched a new plan to improve traffic flow in the emirate. Among the steps that will be taken to ease traffic is a plan to develop a policy to encourage school students to use school transport, “which will help improve traffic flow around schools by 13 per cent”.

According to UAE resident Farah Shah, the impact of schools on traffic is evident when there is a break. “When schools are on break, traffic tends to be much lighter,” she said. “This suggests that a considerable portion of traffic stems from parents driving their kids to school. To address this, we should encourage parents to utilise school buses. One way to do this is by supporting school bus companies to reduce their costs and actively promoting the benefits of using school buses to parents.”

However, some parents say would much rather opt for the school run themselves rather than using the school bus. High costs and long commute times are some of the top reasons.

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Working mother Zeina Haddad spends two hours of her day on the road dropping her children and picking