Tag: buses
Dubai unveils plans for 'ultimate airport' with rail integration
Dubai Airports has unveiled the expansion plans of Al Maktoum International at Dubai World Central, boosting passenger capacity from the current six million passengers to 26 million by 2018.
RTA's Dubai school-bus fleet in 2015-16
Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) will be investing in school transport field through operating world-class buses offering transit services to students of private schools starting from next academic year 2015-2016.
RTA’s customers service centers process 640 thousand transactions in 2014
The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) announced that the number of transactions processed by affiliated customers service centers last year amounted to 640,386 transactions, topped by licensing transactions of various types, followed by NOCs, parking services, federal system, and commercial licensing transactions.
Dubai Police supercar tops list of fastest law-enforcement vehicles
Police in Dubai have no excuse for failing to catch speeding motorists after the addition of the world’s fastest street-legal car to their fleet.
Eco-friendly Dubai trolley rolls out
The Dubai Trolley, a “hop-on hop-off” service, currently covers a distance of one kilometre along Mohammed bin Rashid Boulevard and moves at a stately 10kph, offering passengers access to Burj Khalifa, The Dubai Mall, Souk Al Bahar, and three downtown hotels.
RTA monitors bus ridership through automated counter system (Rasid)
RTA’s Public Transport Agency in Dubai has recently launched a sophisticated automatic bus passengers counting system branded as “Rasid.”
RTA set to start trial run of an electricity-powered bus in...
The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), signed an MoU with the Liberty Automobiles Co. to provide for the trial run of an electricity-powered bus supplied by the Co. for nine months so as to measure the effectiveness and competency of running an electricity-powered bus
RTA’s Call Center receives about 2.68m calls in 2014
The Call Center at the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has received 2,683,993 calls last year. The response time of 20 seconds per call covered 80 percent of these incoming calls; which indicates that 2,106,252 calls have been responded to within the targeted time.
RTA makes stunning achievements in school transport sector in Dubai
The Public Transport Agency at the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) revealed that the School Transport in Dubai has seen a remarkable growth during the period 2011-2014 in terms of the number of students lifted, buses deployed and bus conductors appointed.
Dubai Marina Torch tower fire latest: 51st floor completely gutted?
Weary residents of The Torch tower gradually moved back into their homes late Saturday night after Dubai Civil Defence cordoned off apartments that were badly damaged in the fire that gutted through the exterior of the building in the early hours yesterday.