Saudi Transportation Ministry: 18 Million Road Trips in August

Saudi Transportation Ministry register more than 18 Mil vehicles activates on the main cities' entrances through the traffic monitoring units last month, with the following details:

·         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. 

·         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.