The Massive Increase in the Number of Cars in Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi, the capital of UAE, is facing a massive increase in number of cars. This problem has been arisen in the year 2000 and the number of cars was gradually increasing since then till 2005. But from 2005 till now; 2008, the number of cars is increasing so vastly and the problem is just being worse.
The problem in having this huge number of cars doesn’t count for causing traffic jam only, but also in causing difficulty, or dilemma, in finding a parking whenever you reach your desired destination.
Yes that’s true! If you need 15 minutes to reach the place you want to go to, then you need one extra hour or more to get a parking for your car. (And this is now in almost all the areas of the city).

Statistics:

(As in UAEInteract & ADPolice)

According to statistics provided by the Abu Dhabi Traffic Department, the number of vehicles in the Abu Dhabi Emirate, inclusive of Al Ain and Tarif, has gone up from 242,409 in 2000 to 526,161 in 2007.

On average, 250 licences are issued every day in Abu Dhabi.

Reasons:

The increase in the number of licences issued every day, easy availability of car loans and more and more companies providing cars for their employees have contributed to the drastic increase in the vehicle to population ratio in the country. As UAEInteract mentioned.

Solution:

As I said, the capital is facing a shortage of parking spaces. And if we just come back to 2006, from the UAEInteract archive I got this:

“The Municipality and the Town Planning Department is working on a pilot model project for better parking management, which if found useful, will be implemented in congested areas of the capital.”

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So, those are 2 years since 2006 and we have not seen anything.. instead, the problem is getting worse and no serious steps have been put into action.

Out of Control !!!!