KSA cities hit 18 million road trips in August – says Saudi ministry

The Saudi Transportation Ministry said it registered more than 18 million vehicle “activities” at the Kingdom’s main city entrances in August.

• Jeddah city entrances registered as the highest road traffic density by 5.2 million vehicles (167,000 daily) with an average speed of 103 kph.
• Makkah city entrances registered 5 million vehicles (161,000 daily) with an average speed of 118 kph – the fastest recorded.
• Riyadh city entrances registered 2.7 million vehicles (88,000 daily) with an average speed of 104 kph.
• Dammam city entrances registered 1.5 million vehicles (48,000 daily) with an average speed of 101 kph.
• Al-Madinah city entrances registered 1.3 million vehicles (42,000 daily) with an average speed of 80 kph.
• Al-Qassim city entrances registered 1.3 million vehicle (41,000 daily) with an average speed of 80 kph.
• Al-Baha city traffic monitoring units registered 1.1 million vehicles (35,000 daily) with an average speed of 75 kph.
• The Northern Borders traffic monitoring units registered 444,000 vehicles (14,000 daily) with an average speed of 90 kph.