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Metro drives Dubai to hit a million mark
Mattar Al Tayer, Chairman of the Board and Executive Director of the Roads & Transport Authority (RTA), revealed that RTA public transport means, comprising Dubai Metro, public buses, marine transit modes and taxis (Dubai Taxi and franchise companies) have lifted 367.657 million passengers in 2012 compared with 346.5 million passengers in 2011, and 323 million passengers in 2010, according to figures released by RTA Statistics Section.
1.13m registered vehicles in Dubai in 2012
There were 1,137,750 registered vehicles in Dubai at the end of 2012 compared to 1,031,961 in 2010, an increase of 106,789 vehicles in two years. With vehicle registrations required to be renewed annually, there is a need for additional vehicle testing and registration centres to meet the demand.
