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Saudi issues tender for Riyadh metro
Saudi Arabian authorities have launched a tender process to develop a new metro transit system in the capital Riyadh. In a notice on the Arriyadh Development Authority’s website, “global consortia” were invited to bid to provide infrastructure including rolling stock and telecommunications, as well as tunnelling, civil, mechanical and electrical works.
Dubai’s school transport revolution
The quality and standard of school transport in Dubai has seen a dramatic change since 2008, when the Dubai Executive Council issued a law to control school transport. Since then the Roads and Transport Authority has issued detailed regulations, guidelines and specifications for buses. It has also provided training to school bus drivers and attendants, and only those who are certified by the authority can drive school buses.
RTA starts two bus routes to Tecom free zones
Dubai’s Road and Transport Authority (RTA) has announced two new bus routes
–Route 83 and Route 85 — that will connect Tecom free zones Dubai Internet
City (DIC), Dubai Media City (DMC) and Dubai Knowledge Village (DKV) to Karama
and Discovery Gardens respectively. The buses operating on the new routes can cut down the commuting time for
office-goers within the free zones by almost 50 per cent. The timings of the two
bus routes take into account the peak hours.
Homes r Us store opens at RAK Mall
His Highness Shaikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah, inaugurated the new Homes r Us store at RAK Mall recently.
Alstom signs 50 mln euro Iraq power deal
Alstom is already taking part in Iraq projects such as the Nineveh power plant and the Baghdad metro.
Auction of distinguished licence plates on May 19
The Licencing Agency at the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) is all set to release about 125 distinguished vehicle licensing plates comprising 2, 3, 4 and 5-digit number plates through its 76th Open Auction due on May 19.
RTA stresses importance of reading to students of Al Owais School for Basic Education
A delegation from the Road and Transport Authority (RTA) visited the Sultan Al Owais School for Basic Education in Dubai as part of the initiative launched by the RTA in May 2010 entitled ‘Read More’ targeting public and private school students aged 7 to 14 years.
RTA delivers lecture about Autism disorder
Statistics in Saudi Arabia, USA serve warnings of a possible spread of the disease among children
