Tag: Roads and Transport Authority (RTA).

THE number of public transport users in Dubai has increased by leaps and bounds. Comprising just 6 per cent of the Emirate’s transport users a year ago, they now constitute 12 per cent of its residents using various modes of transport, Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) revealed.

Park-and-ride Metro users may be charged in future as the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) contemplates a tariff for motorists who roll their vehicles into two multi-level parking facilities on the 52-km Red Line to discourage abuse and optimise use.

The developer of a Jebel Ali property project has pronounced itself pleased that the Roads and Transit Authority (RTA) has provided direct access to the Jebel Ali Metro station. The RTA opened what was meant to serve as an emergency access to the south side of the stop after a number of tenants at The Galleries complained they had no access to the station within walking distance.

France is prepared to assist Qatar in its major projects, especially in the transport sector, the French Minister of Transport, Thierry Mariani (pictured) who is on a two-day visit to Doha said here yesterday. The best way France could be satisfied with these economic relationships is to prepare for the future.

Students, senior citizens and people with special needs who are applying for discounted Nol Blue cards will be asked to present their National Identity Cards, a Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) official said. All applicants must possess National Identity Cards to qualify for the discounted fare cards

Residents of the Jebel Ali Free Zone (Jafza) South who had been cut off from their new Dubai Metro station can now access it by bus. Those in Jafza South had been unable to reach the new station, which opened on March 11, due to ongoing construction where the southern side entry and exit pod have yet to be built.

A SOPHISTICATED training centre for the current Dubai Metro’s employees some of them to be posted to various jobs on the Green Line due opening in August, has taken off at the transportation headquarters in Rashidiya.

The Director of Business Development, Public Transport Agency at Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) Mohammed Abu Baker Al Hashimi revealed that the Agency has launched on March 11 a new feeder bus service shuttling between Jebel Ali Metro Station and the southern part of the Jebel Ali Free Zone Area.

Al Tayer calls for adherence to proper driving practices as RTA awards winners of short film contest. At least 16 motorists were killed in 2010 in traffic accidents by not keeping a safe distance between vehicles on Dubai roads, said a senior official at the Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA).

THE Dubai Metro operating company, Serco is among the entities that have been asked to revise on the number of employees, as part of initiatives taken to reduce costs. While the agency cuts costs, authorities are silent as to whether metro fares will also go down.