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Beginning in March, senior citizens and students will be able to use public transport in Dubai at half-price. New Nol cards will be introduced to facilitate the initiative. Once again, the RTA proves people come first.

Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) will slash fares by 50 per cent for students and senior citizens from March this year, a senior official said. This discount is applicable on all public buses and Metro in the emirate of Dubai.

Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) will finish linking its centres to the Federal Traffic System by end-February, reported 'Al Bayan; newspaper. Once the new system is launched, Dubai-registered vehicles can renew registrations from other emirates and vice-versa.

More than 2500 employees and officials of Dubai Municipality, Dubai Land Department, Dubai Chamber of Commerce and etisalat office in Dubai ditched their cars today. Director General of DM Hussain Nasser Lootah led the initiative by travelling on the Metro from Rashidiya Station to Union Station adjacent to the Municipality headquarters.

The offer, which runs until September 30, 2010, will enable families discover the delights of Dubai this summer, the airline said in a statement. The statement said two children up to the age of 16 could enjoy free flights on Emirates, in addition to tourist visas, accommodation, meals, rides on the Dubai metro, airport transfers and access to numerous attractions when accompanied by two full-paying adults.

Mohammad H. Mattar, Emirates’ Divisional Senior Vice-President, Airport Services, said: “Emirates is always looking at ways to add value and enhance the travel experience of our customers. Self-service check-in kiosks at some of Dubai’s Metro stations are an innovation that will allow Emirates’ customers the convenience to access their boarding pass before they get to the airport.

More than 100,000 passengers were lifted on the Dubai Metro in one day, the latest figures released by the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) on Sunday have revealed.

Seven more Metro stations came online as planned this afternoon, finally connecting some of the most populous parts of the city by rail. After 2pm, when the first train rolled in from Jebel Ali, customers queued at the Marina stop for the first time.

Huge rush of commuters were seen at most of the new stations. Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) officials, including Adnan Al Hammadi, Acting CEO of Rail Agency, and Ramadan Abdullah, Director of Operations, were visiting stations to ensure smooth launching of the new stations.

The seven new stations opening today would be: Emirates, Airport Terminal 1, Al Karama, Emirates Towers, Dubai Internet City, Marina and Ibn Battuta. Three other stations scheduled to open on May 15 are: GGICO, World Trade Centre and Al Qouz.