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More people booking Dubai taxis over the phone
The number of cabs being booked over phone has increased by close to 16 per cent in 2011, the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has said. In 2011, the number of cabs booked by cab users through the Booking and Despatch Center at RTA’s Public Transport Agency increased to 5,080,903 bookings, up by 16 per cent, as compared to 4,393,826 bookings in 2010.
Dubai spends $250M to get full control of Atlantis
Atlantis opened for business in September 2008, shortly after a construction fire damaged part of the brightly painted lobby. The 1,537-room hotel is at the top of the Palm Jumeirah, the first of Dubai’s palm-shaped manmade islands and the only one that is developed. Visitors arrive by monorail or by traveling through an underwater tunnel.
Online auction of number plates fetches Dh4.5 million
By Staff report www.khaleejtimes.com DUBAI — The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has raised Dh4.5 million in online auction of number plates over three days. A total of 615 number plates were on offer to 195 bidders. Commenting on the auction, Mohammed Abdul Kareem Nimaat, Director of the RTA’s Vehicles Licensing Agency, said: “The 12th [...]
Revealed: Dubai’s most fined roads
The city’s finest road is also the one which has the highest number of speeding fines. Last year, motorists racked up 714,894 fines for exceeding speed limits on Shaikh Zayed Road. That’s nearly 2,000 tickets a day or 81 an hour.
Supersonic Dubai Metro Train Ride
This is a video taken from the driver’s seat of the Dubai Metro. The ride at times has been accelerated up to 20x.
Saudi Arabia/Transport: Saudi Arabia to start new Riyadh metro project
Saudi Arabia on Tuesday launched a tender process to build a new metro system in the capital o fRiyadhin an effort to ease congestion on the city’s gridlocked roads.
RTA runs 13 initiatives to foster, share knowledge culture
His Excellency Mattar Al Tayer, Chairman of the Board and Executive Director of the Roads & Transport Authority (RTA), says that the RTA attaches special attention to disseminating knowledge and maximizing the benefits from the existing knowledge & expertise of the RTA, considering it a key component of upgrading the qualifications of employees, enhancing the production quality, and contributing to the Educated Institution concept.
