Tag: metro & tram

Dubai: Shaikh Maktoum Bin Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, opened the Cityscape Global conference on Tuesday.

Emirates is launching the world’s longest non-stop route next year with daily flights from Dubai to Panama City, Panama.

Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) confirmed that it is currently executing the last traffic diversion on Jumeirah Beach Residence (JBR) Street ahead of the Dubai Tram launch in November.

Dubai Metro is on the fast track to financial viability and is expected to break even in five years, while the bus system operated by the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) is expected to recover costs in 2016. This follows a massive rise in passenger numbers and savings in the operations of the mass transit system. The public transport system has cut Dh1.5 billion in costs, according to the RTA.

RTA has solid practices in cooperating and partnering with the private sector in constructing various infrastructure projects in roads sector (roads, bridges, tunnels, crossings), and different transport systems. The volume of road projects and transportation systems undertaken by the private sector in the past six years has exceeded Dhs50bn.