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tudents and professionals in Dubai will soon have an option to study courses covering the transport sector, which so far is not well-represented at most local universities. With public transport gaining a lot of attention in the region, the Roads and Transport Authority’s (RTA) decision to tie up with local institutions to encourage tailor-made programmes offering specialisation in various aspects of transport operations is just what the doctor ordered.

The Licensing Agency, Roads & Transport Authority (RTA), is offering around 201 distinguished licensing plates comprising J, M and K codes under the 16th Online Auction; which kicks off today and rolls on for three days.

The Customers Council, Roads & Transport Authority (RTA), has recently held its 36th meeting with customers of RTA Rail Agency in order to screen their constructive ideas aimed at enhancing the performance and improving the business conduct in the interest of all stakeholders.

After effectively implementing the heavy trailer testing system in Dubai, the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has proposed to authorities in other emirates to adopt the system in order to curb the number of accidents caused by heavy vehicles. Heavy vehicles are estimated to cause more than 20 per cent of accidents on highways, many of them due to ill-maintained and faulty trailers, claiming dozens of lives every year.

By Ivan Shyshkovskyy. I'm on metro in Dubai. Dubai metro video.

"I'm not sure what the monetary amount is exactly but it is a few million fines we are still waiting to have paid," said Ahmed Hashim Bahrozyan, chief executive of the RTA's licensing agency. "The current procedure of retrieving payments is done manually. The RTA sends a list of fines of non-UAE vehicles to the Ministry of Interior and they forward the information to the concerned departments of the other [Arabian] Gulf countries.

Majority of the respondents (71 per cent) who took part in the poll, believe that Dubai never sleeps so why should the Metro stop running even at odd hours. On the other hand, 26 per cent say that there is no pressing need for the Metro to run all the time, whereas a 3 per cent of the participants were not sure about the hours of operation.

A delegation from the Department of Islamic Affairs & Charitable Activities in Dubai praised the Development & Corporate Performance model of the Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) through which the RTA has gone far & wide in leveraging the performance & corporate development across all sectors & agencies, as reflected on the package of advanced services delivered to all segments of the community.

Almost three quarters of a million commuters travelled for free on the Metro, buses and water taxis to mark Public Transport Day yesterday. The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) estimates that 739,000 passengers took advantage of the waived fees, an increase of more than 42,000 from last year.

The outdoor art project is also aligned with RTA’s mission to beautify the streets of the city, under the direction of Mattar Al Tayer, executive director and chairman of RTA, while providing innovative platforms for emerging and aspiring artists to display their talent through urban expressionism.