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The Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) has recently held a training workshop entitled "Innovation Management" as part of its strategy to enhance the corporate innovation; which is a crucial requirement for the thriving of various business institutions, particularly under the positive competitive business environment along with the successive changes in place; a thing which prompts these institutions to explore excellence and creativity fields.

Amazing trip around Dubai by metro train

"What we have achieved in two years is not possible for other cities to do even in 50 years. Our punctuality rate is among the best in the world and we want to improve it further so that more and more people use public transport," said Adel Shakeri, director of the Transportation System Department at RTA's Public Transport Agency.

The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has awarded two contracts for the construction of new roads in Al Qusais and Al Quoz costing Dh38 million, which form part of the first phase of its five-year Dh1-billion project to improve roads in the residential areas in the emirate. The move comes as the RTA tries to improve its road network in an effort to meet the demands of Dubai’s growing demography.

In a meeting chaired by Mr HE Mattar Al Tayer chairman of the Board and Executive Director of the Roads and Transport Authority, the RTA Board of Directors has recently awarded a contract for the construction of internal roads at Al Warqaa 1, 2, 3 and 4 against a total cost of AED 156.631 million.

“Adding two new stations to the Water Taxi’s route fulfils the vision the agency is seeking to realise in expanding the reach of mass transit systems in general and marine transport in particular, in order to make them the first mobility choice of the entire community members,” said Essa Abdul Rahman Al Dosari, CEO of the RTA Public Transport Agency.

A look at the Dubai RTA Metro

In his capacity as the Ruler of Dubai, UAE Vice-President and Prime Minister His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has ordered the payment of a bonus amounting to Dh26.388 million to Emiratis whose cab number plates are operated by the Dubai Taxi Corporation and Taxi Franchise Companies at the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA); the total number of which is 6,597.

Abdul Mohsin Younes, CEO of RTA Strategy and Corporate Governance Sector said: “The RTA Strategic Planning Department studied the impact of the metro stations on the surrounding lands and properties in coordination with the Dubai Real Estate Regulatory Agency, or RERA, which provided the data about the rates of lands and properties in areas close or far from the metro stations.”

The Licensing Agency at the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), in cooperation with the Ministry of Interior, has launched a new service to simplify vehicle transfer transactions within the UAE.