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Dubai Metro to have 70 stations by 2020
Plans to extend sections of Dubai Metro are on track with the designs of the expansion on three ends of the network currently being worked out, a senior Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) official told Gulf News.
RTA launches 5 new bus routes, revises 4 others
The Public Transport Agency, Roads & Transport Authority (RTA), has launched, on the first of April, 5 new bus routes in the Emirate of Dubai and revised 4 others with a view to consolidating the public bus network in the Emirate in keeping with the rising demand for mass transit services in general and public buses in particular.
Push to spur Dubai motorists to use public transport
Researchers in Dubai are looking at ways to lure people out of their cars and on to public transport, after it was found that nine in 10 motorised trips are made in private vehicles. The figure is extremely high, exceeding the global average of 60 per cent, and even the Middle East average of 85 per cent.
Green Line to be extended to Academic City
The much-speculated extension of the Green Line of Dubai Metro, which began its operations last month, is a certainty with plans to stretch it up to the Dubai International Academic City (DIAC) soon, a senior Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) official told Khaleej Times.
