{"id":237978,"date":"2025-06-26T06:14:27","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T10:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/?p=237978"},"modified":"2025-06-26T09:36:33","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T13:36:33","slug":"new-traffic-measures-go-in-force-tuesday-1-july-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2025\/06\/26\/new-traffic-measures-go-in-force-tuesday-1-july-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"New traffic measures go in force Tuesday, 1 July 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"\"<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Alexandra Cede\u00f1o, the director of Sustainable Mobility at the National Transport and Transit Institute (Intrant), is on a media tour to explain to the population in Greater Santo Domingo the new traffic measures. The measures seek to reduce traffic jams in Santo Domingo city (the National District), with its population of about one million inhabitants, and the populations in the surrounding Santo Domingo province, with a population of around two million who mostly work and study in the National District.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new RD Se Mueve (DR Moves) strategy is being rolled out in phases in the National District and has four key components. These are the scheduled management of 11 main avenues, optimized traffic light network at 100 intersections, parking regulation, and left-turn restrictions at 25 intersections in the National District.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The main intention of the traffic reform is to reduce accidents and shorten commute times in Greater Santo Domingo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Engineer Alexandra Cede\u00f1o, the mobility specialist at the National Transit and Transport Institute (Intrant), has been explaining actions that will be taken to reduce the generalized 6 km an hour mobility on major traffic streets and avenues throughout Greater Santo Domingo during the extended peak hours. The new measures are intended to reduce commuter times by 20%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The traffic jams mean long commutes for people to and from their daily activities. The new actions are intended to impact the lives of around three million vehicle drivers that enter and leave the capital city every day mainly for work or study purposes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The measures were announced recently by the Presidency. One of the key measures is the ban on left turns at key intersections. These are aimed to prevent crashes and most importantly keep steady the flow of traffic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phased rollout of left-turn ban
\u2022 Phase 1: Left turns will be prohibited at intersections along Av. Lope de Vega with Padre Fantino Falco, Max Henr\u00edquez Ure\u00f1a, and Gustavo Mej\u00eda Ricart.
\u2022 Phase 2: Restrictions expand to Av. Tiradentes at Carlos S\u00e1nchez, Frank Feliz Miranda, Rafael Augusto S\u00e1nchez, Roberto Pastoriza, and Salvador Sturla.
\u2022 Phase 3: Ban continues on Av. Abraham Lincoln at Andr\u00e9s Julio Aybar, and on Av. M\u00e1ximo G\u00f3mez with Pedro Livio Cede\u00f1o.
\u2022 Phase 4: Left turns will be blocked on Lincoln at John F. Kennedy, N\u00fa\u00f1ez de C\u00e1ceres at 27 de Febrero, M\u00e1ximo G\u00f3mez at JFK, and N\u00fa\u00f1ez de C\u00e1ceres at JFK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Broader traffic management plan
The pilot plan is part of a broader set of strategies aimed at improving mobility across Greater Santo Domingo, where peak traffic hours occur between 7-8am and 4-7pm daily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cede\u00f1o has been explaining that the goal is to prioritize movement on secondary and tertiary roads to better handle the over three million daily trips, one-third of which take place within the capital alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other strategies to ease congestion include:
\u2022 Traffic light optimization: Eleven major corridors will have synchronized traffic lights, with 110- to 120-second cycles controlled by a central command center.
\u2022 Temporary flow management devices: Used on key roads to allow for reversible lanes during peak hours, increasing road capacity.
\u2022 Towing for illegally parked vehicles: Digesett tow trucks will enforce parking laws in areas such as Piantini, Naco, Evaristo Morales, and Ensanche Quisqueya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Staggered work schedules for public sector
To further reduce congestion, the Ministry of Public Administration (MAP) has introduced staggered working hours for public employees, starting 1 July 2025:
\u2022 Group A: 7am to 3pm
\u2022 Group B: 7:30am to 3:30pm
\u2022 Agencies receiving over 2,000 public visits per month must operate on two shifts: 7am to 2pm and 2pm to 9pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cede\u00f1o clarified that although work hours will vary for government employees, citizens will still be able to access services until 4pm. \u201cAbout 30% of staff will maintain the standard 8am to 4pm schedule,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more in Spanish:
RD Se Mueve <\/a>
Listin Diario <\/a>
El Despertador Channel 9 <\/a>
Esta Noche con Mariasela <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

26 June 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Alexandra Cede\u00f1o, the director of Sustainable Mobility at the National Transport and Transit Institute (Intrant), is on a media tour to explain to the population in Greater Santo Domingo the new traffic measures. The measures seek to reduce traffic jams in Santo Domingo city (the National District), with its population of about one million inhabitants, … <\/p>\n

Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[337,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237978"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237978"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":238039,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237978\/revisions\/238039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}