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The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has dedicated to its employees the ‘Flashes of Thought’ authored by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, in a gesture reflecting RTA’s keenness to keep employees apprised of the vision and drive of our prudent leadership to up the public services on offer to customers.

In the context of the Public Transport Day, the Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) held a number of events during a site tour made by a mobile stand to key shopping malls in the Emirate with the aim of educating the public on the benefits of using mass transit systems (Dubai Metro, public buses and the Water Bus); which will be offered free of charge for Nol Card holders to mark the Public Transport Day on Nov 1st.

The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) announced that completion rate in Rashid Hospital Tunnels has topped 82 per cent in the Project which comprises the construction of roads & two 2-lane tunnels serving the traffic inbound from Tariq bin Ziyad & Umm Harir Streets and heading towards the intersection of Al Al Riyadh Street with the extension of the Floating Bridge.

Seventeen residents affected by loud noise and damaged homes due to trains at Dubai Metro's Rashidiya depot have received Dh250,000 in compensation - a total payout of Dh4.25 million. "We have paid the amounts for the owners of the houses near the Metro depot last week," said Mattar Al Tayer, the chairman and executive director of the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA).

This is to request the Roads and Transport Authority officials for plying the Metro train, in particular, till late night on a daily basis.

The National Identity Team of the Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) has recently kick-started a program of field visits to museums to inspire the cultural concerns and enhance the national identity of RTA employees.

A delegation from the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry visited the Customer Service Department, Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) to get acquainted with the systems and programmes adopted by the Department in customer relations, especially as regards suggestions made by internal or external customers along with the mechanism adopted to motivate them to make feasible suggestions in the context of sharing experiences capable of improving the overall business conduct.

AGT has started working with Dubai's Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) to transform it into the region's first transport regulator to achieve carbon neutrality. AGT also counts the Jebel Ali Free Zone Authority and the property company Landmark among its clients.

The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) recently awarded a contract for designing and constructing 13 pedestrian overpasses, costing Dh45 million, in Dubai. The project is supposed to be completed within eight months. Chairman of the Board and Executive Director of the RTA Mattar Al Tayer announced that once it is completed, the number of pedestrian overpasses in the emirate will rise from 74 to 87, including the 34 footbridges of the metro stations.

The GCC Traffic Week 2012 celebrations will kick off on March 11, officials have announced. The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) will organise a number of traffic events and activities across Dubai, in coordination with Dubai Police and Ministry of Interior.