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“The total number of taxis [on the roads] is 7942. We are not planning to reduce the number of taxis, because we need to have all modes of transport in place,” said Essa Al Dossari, the CEO of public transport at the RTA. “We are serving a number of different categories [of people], including business people and tourists. There needs to be a variety [of options].”

The Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) inauguration ceremony of the Green Line. This event was organized to launch the extension of the Dubai Metro and was attended by Sheikh Mohamed bin Rashid with all Dubai government officials and RTA executives.

The total revenue of Roads and Transport Authority (RTA)-run Dubai Taxi crossed Dh1 billion in 2011, with more than 125 million passengers hiring cab services to make 62.36 million trips. This is in addition to revenues of privately owned taxi companies.

The Dubai Taxi Corporation (DTC) at the Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) has recently honoured 15 distinguished cabdrivers as part of DTC Traffic Safety Awards 2011 under the "Exemplary Driver" category; which is sponsored this year by Al Buhaira National Insurance Company, to educate drivers on safe driving and step up the operational efficiency of the DTC.

Dubai Fourteen winners selected from among 93 submissions were yesterday bestowed the fourth Dubai Award for Sustainable Transport (Dast) 2011 by Shaikh Hamdan Bin Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Dubai Crown Prince and Chairman of the Executive Council.

The glitz and glitter of the Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF) has drawn more Indians this year to the annual shopping event. “The Dubai Shopping Festival has always been well received by Indians.

Today is the day you can do your bit for the environment and join Dubai Municipality in its ‘Car Free Day' initiative. Hussain Nasser Lootah, Director General of Dubai Municipality, will start the initiative by boarding the Dubai Metro this morning from the Etisalat Metro Station.

Professional drivers in Dubai may soon need to pass medical fitness tests, to be allowed to continue in their job, traffic authorities have said.

Announcing this at a press conference on Wednesday, Director General of DM Hussain Nasser Lootah said 13 government offices and ministries, mostly located along the Dubai Metro line are joining the civic body in its annual initiative on its third anniversary. The Municipality will close its parking lots and senior officials and employees of participating entities will board the Metro and buses on Wednesday, leaving their cars back home.

According to Dubai Events, the total number of visits between December 1, 2011 and January 1, 2012 to the website reached 61,750 with 79.29 per cent of the visits being unique. In the run-up to DSF, visits to the website featuring the festivals events increased by 20 per cent.