Revealed: Abu Dhabi’s best driving road

Abu Dhabi: When it comes to driving in the emirate, how would motorists rate the roads? Keeping aside the manners of other road users, a government body has reached out to residents to find out how they rank Abu Dhabi roads.

The Department of Transport (DoT) in Abu Dhabi, in collaboration with YouGov, released the findings of a survey that was carried out in the capital.

More than three out of five residents (63 per cent) said that Sheikh Zayed Road E11 was their favourite road to use in Abu Dhabi. The road is one of the busiest roads in the UAE with hundreds of vehicles using the fully modern highway to travel to Dubai and the northern emirates every day.

A total of 517 people of all nationalities aged between 18 and 40, which found that 97 per cent of residents rated Abu Dhabi’s roads as excellent or good quality with 95 per cent of residents claiming the roads were better than other countries.

More than 95 per cent of residents said they were impressed with the quality of the road networks and infrastructure in the city.

Khalifa Mohammed Al Mazrouei, Undersecretary of DoT: “The survey was commissioned by DoT as it was an opportunity for us to learn about the experience of the end users of the roads, the residents of Abu Dhabi. We are happy to see the results as it has shown that people are happy with our road infrastructure. We will also factor in all the feedback when it comes to planning of future projects.”

Results from the survey revealed that 44 per cent of residents were looking forward to using electric vehicles when it is rolled out, including 47 per cent of females compared with 42 per cent of males.

The study also found that older respondents were more likely to look forward to paperless transactions while autonomous transport was more anticipated by younger respondents.