salik

It’s raining cars in Dubai

September 21, 2008

It’s Sunday, the start of work and school here in Dubai (and in other Gulf countries, I presume) and it only means one single thing in the morning: traffic. Rough, heavy, crazy traffic. My work starts at 9:00 while Pristine’s school starts at 8:30 during Ramadan period. Her school is 10 minutes away from where [...]

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We’ve been saliked

April 22, 2008

In July last year, Dubai introduced a new electronic toll system popularly known as Salik – which means “open” or “clear” in effort to curb heavy gridlocks in this rapidly growing city. Great use of technology, though - it is a free flow tolling system without toll gates, barriers or booths, no toll collectors and allows [...]

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Salik update

July 3, 2007

Motorists in Dubai certainly marked the date 1st of July. It is not a cause for celebration as Canadians in Dubai celebrated Canada day, but it is the day that the inevitable road toll was introduced in the road history of any GCC country. Despite the blogs that screamed No to Salik, the lengthy, noisy [...]

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