| Overview : Kuwait is highly populated State with the majority of the population live in the urban area (over 4 million population). Issues and constraints that contribute to traffic and transport sector problems in Kuwait include (1) Increasing demand for transport of people and goods associated with limited infrastructure capacity, (2) need for better transport-land use planning, (3) need for a reliable information system, (4) need for better traffic management, (5) increasing vehicles, population, congestion, accidents, and lack of safety - conscious road design and black spot procedures, and (5) need for institutional reform and human resources development.
To manage demand, enhance road safety and improve mobility and accessibility in Kuwait, a long-term and National Traffic and Transport Strategy has been developed for the period of 2010-2020 (NTTS), under the umbrella of the United Nation Development Programme (UNDP), Supreme Council for Planning and Development (SPCPD), and Ministry of Interior (MOI) Program. The NTTS has identified major obstacles, characteristics, and role of each associated agency, and included various elements such as institutional reform, human resources development, information system, road infrastructure, traffic management, ITS, transport-land use planning, enforcement and traffic policing, road safety, congestion management, and emergency/incident management. To strengthen implementation, the UNDP and Government have commenced implementation of one of the priority projects of the NTTS which is called “National Traffic Management Improvement Project”.
In 2013, there were 445 road traffic fatalities in Kuwait compared with the base year of 460 fatalities, 8,577 traffic injured people transferred by ambulance and 89,527 traffic road accidents. The number of registered vehicle is over 1.8 million while the length of the total road is equal to 5,772 km including 613 km expressways. The State of Kuwait is divided to 6 Governorates. |
