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As Dubai Metro's Green Line launch nears Sharjah Transport Corporation (STC) has deployed buses ferrying passengers to the same area. The routes are No.113, Sharjah-Al Qusais and No.111 that commences from Sharjah International Airport linking Dubai, reports 'Gulf Today'.

The Real Estate Regulatory Agency (RERA) is reviewing 90,000 units that will enter the market from now until 2016 in an effort to manage oversupply, according to Marwan Bin Galitha, the agency’s director general. RERA has recorded an average of 50 new transactions everyday with an increase in empty land transactions by Indian, UK-based and Russian businessmen, Bin Galitha said.

Congress Solutions International (CSI), part of Dubai-based Emirates airline, is set to welcome thousands of delegates and visitors to the 59th UITP World Congress and Mobility and City Transport Exhibition, which is being hosted for the first time in Dubai in April. CSI is the official Professional Congress Organiser (PCO), appointed by the Roads Transport Authority (RTA).

On March 23 Etihad Rail, the operator of the UAE’s first railway network formerly known as Union Railway, unveiled its new dynamic corporate identity. Etihad Rail also revealed its future plans for the nationwide railway project and its phases of implementation. It announced that its first route will be completed in 2013 to transport the first shipment of granulated sulphur from Shah and Habshan to Ruwais.

Qatar's successful bid to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup is expected to energize the local construction sector and stimulate infrastructure investments worth around $100bn through the next 12 years. $4bn has already been allocated to build nine stadiums and upgrade three more in preparation for the country's hosting of the world's biggest football event.

A 30-minute Metro ride turned into a scary ordeal for passengers on board train 1745 to Rashidya on Wednesday evening. With 10-minute stops at both Business Bay and Trade Centre stations, where the doors wouldn't shut, and abrupt braking that caused some to fall over, the ride was a bumpy one to say the least.

The first Superbus prototype will be presented in Dubai at the World Exhibition of the International Association of Public Transport (UITP) hosted by Dubai's Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), on the opening day of the event, which commences on 10 and runs through until 14 April 2011.

With less than two weeks to go, the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) reported that the 59th International Association for Public Transport (UITP) Congress & Mobility & City Transport Exhibition; which will be held by the Emirate of Dubai during 10 – 14 April 2011, promises to be a turning point in the history of mass transportation in the Middle East & North African (MENA) region, particularly as the event is held for the first time ever in the region.

Congress Solutions International (CSI), part of Dubai-based Emirates airline, is set to welcome thousands of delegates and visitors to the 59th UITP World Congress and Mobility and City Transport Exhibition, which is being hosted for the first time in Dubai in April. CSI is the official Professional Congress Organiser (PCO), appointed by the Roads Transport Authority (RTA).

ABB, the power and automation technology group, will aim to demonstrate how its innovative products and solutions can support the development of urban transportation projects in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region.