Skip to main content

App delivers workzone information

Drivers in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia now benefit from a new mobile application, Delilat Arriyadh, powered with traffic information processed by Gewi’s TIC software. The app, which provides information on workzone locations, will enable the travelling public to make informed decisions, reduce delays and reach their destinations as quickly as possible. The app is expected to reduce the impact of Riyadh Metro-related road construction and road works during the five-year period of the project and beyond.
March 20, 2015 Read time: 2 mins
Drivers in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia now benefit from a new mobile application, Delilat Arriyadh, powered with traffic information processed by 1862 Gewi’s TIC software.

The app, which provides information on workzone locations, will enable the travelling public to make informed decisions, reduce delays and reach their destinations as quickly as possible. The app is expected to reduce the impact of Riyadh Metro-related road construction and road works during the five-year period of the project and beyond.

Provided by the Arriyadh Development Authority (ADA) in Saudi Arabia, the app is one of the initiatives supporting the King Abdulaziz Project for Public Transport in Riyadh.
Traffic operators enter work zone information manually into TIC, which creates OpenLR locations and feeds the data into the Mireo application server and from there it is published to mobile applications.

Project partner 1692 TomTom creates the real-time traffic information that is displayed on the smartphone app and used for dynamic rerouting. TomTom also archives the traffic information, providing ADA with Traffic Stats, a web-based tool for querying and analyzing traffic information.

The applications provide full coverage of the Riyadh road network with over 50,000 POIs and live traffic updated every few minutes. The map also includes coloured-coded traffic flow, display of road closures and other related road incidents and Arabic and English voice-guided turn-by-turn navigation with clear spoken instructions, automatic rerouting when missing a turn and much more.

Related Content

  • Viaduct deck renewal creates detour dilemma for MassDOT
    May 26, 2016
    As the deck renewal of the I-91 viaduct in Springfield gets underway, David Crawford looks at the preparation and planning to ease the resulting traffic congestion. Accommodating the deck renewal of a 4km-long/four-lanes in each direction viaduct in the heart of Springfield (Massachusetts’ third largest city), has involved the state’s Department of Transportation (MassDOT) in a massive exercise in transport research and ITS-based area-wide preplanning and traffic management. Supporting a workzone of well ab
  • TomTom and Elgin partner to deliver insights into the impact of UK roadworks
    November 18, 2016
    TomTom and Elgin are to collaborate to in a bid to deliver more accurate and validated real-time traffic information to drivers, fleet managers and traffic management professionals. TomTom Traffic in the United Kingdom now includes relevant roadworks and traffic management information from Elgin. This collaboration ultimately enables drivers to reach their destinations more quickly and highway authorities and utility companies to monitor and respond to the impact of roadworks on road users in real-time.
  • Pioneering new passenger information systems
    February 3, 2012
    Chicago pioneers new passenger information initiatives. By David Crawford
  • Gewi and iCone launch Smart Work Zone solution
    April 20, 2018
    German traffic software developer Gewi and iCone will launch a Smart Work Zone Programme for North America which will be available worldwide as a commercial off-the-shelf solution for managing roadworks zones. The products from iCone transmit a warning message generated by the work zone equipment, which can be an arrow trailer, crash truck or other device used for securing accident locations, mowing/ sweeping work or other activities along the road way. Gewi’s TIC software collects the location and