The streets of Riyadh are crowded with trucks at the time of the ban

Despite the issuance of a decision banning the random entry of trucks into the city of Riyadh, in addition to the Public Transport Authority launching a service to regulate their entry into the capital during times of prevention, trucks still roam the roads and streets of the capital at times not designated for them. According to field monitoring conducted by the site “News 24On a rainy and crowded day, which causes heavy traffic jams, in addition to the high incidence of traffic accidents, as a result of violating these trucks.

For its part, the Public Transport Authority said to News 24Trucks violating the ban are subject to traffic penalties. As the General Traffic Department applies these penalties; Pointing out that it has started, in coordination and partnership with the concerned government agencies, starting from Tuesday, January 17 of the current year, to apply the system of booking appointments for the entry of trucks into the capital. In order to raise the percentages of allowing entry outside the prohibition times according to a specific schedule, indicating that there are lanes through which trucks cross to maintain the flow of traffic by reducing the times of preventing entry to the main cities, and reducing congestion.

Saleh Al-Zuwaid, a spokesman for the Public Transport Authority, added that in the past, there were activities that prevented the entry of trucks at some times; Which forces its drivers to stop for a long time outside the capital until it is allowed to enter; However, he points out that this service will allow trucks to enter during times of prohibition according to a specific schedule and a specific path through which we guarantee the support of the logistical sector and the provision of services to beneficiaries at all times.

He pointed out that earlier there were necessary activities that were allowed to enter the city all the time, such as public services such as gas, fuel, water tanks, perishable nutrition services, milk and the like, and transportation of asphalt. entering cities.

Al-Zuwaid confirmed that the Authority’s decision to implement the appointment booking system is one of the initiatives supporting the logistics sector. As it will raise the efficiency and quality of operational services for logistical traffic, achieve economic growth, and reduce financial losses for carriers, in addition to confronting the accumulation of trucks and damage to goods.

He pointed out that the service is free and available within the services of the Nuqul portal, which is a service for entering cities, and this service provides many services, whether for companies and investors, which is the appointment booking service, or other services for the concerned authorities such as determining the permitted lanes, the capacity, and the indicator of drivers’ commitment to the specified lanes.