Tag: Dr. Aysha al-Busmait

The total number of passengers who used mass transit means during the New Year's Eve celebrations reached 1,656,286 passengers; where the metro ridership clocked 727,829 passengers, taxis users reached 525,997 passengers, bus riders hit 314,109 passengers, inter-city bus riders touched 44,587 passengers, and marine transit means users amounted to 43,764 passengers.

Parking in Dubai will be free on Sunday and Monday - except at the fish market and in multi-storey car parks - in celebration of National Day. "The Dubai Metro will start running at 5.50am and continue until midnight in the holiday period," said Dr Aysha Al Busmait, director of the Roads and Transport Authority's marketing and corporate communication.

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.

DUBAI: The editorial board of Al Masar magazine, published by the Roads & Transport Authority (RTA), recently launched the “Arabic Tongue initiative” as an educative electronic tool aimed to prop up efforts of promoting the national identity.

The Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) has announced the working hours for delivering diverse services during the holy month of Ramadan covering customer service centers, car parking facilities, public buses, Dubai Metro, marine transit means, driving institutes, and vehicles testing & registration centers.

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.

The National Identity Team, Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) launched "Read and Elevate," program to help male and female employees become proficient in reciting, memorizing and modulating (tajweed) of the Holy Quran.

The Women Committee at the Roads and Transport Authority is always seeking to host the most competent professional ladies in the UAE community who are specialized in various sorts of knowledge and disciplines.

Hundreds of thousands of people are interacting with the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) through new media such as YouTube, facebook and twitter, officials have said. Some 300,000 people viewed RTA's videos on youtube, since launch of its channel on the YouTube in December 2008, Dr Aysha Al Busmait, Director of RTA's Marketing and Corporate Communication said.

The metro will deliver excellent services during Eid al-Adha days in order to cater to the additional numbers of commuters comprising citizens, residents and visitors, particularly those coming from the GCC countries, and offer them smooth mobility service