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'We need maps," is how one Sharjah resident summed up her emirate's transport problems in an online post. "Frequency of buses must be increased," were the thoughts of another. And this: "The only thing stopping people from using public transport is the lack of it."

RTA will operate 24 trains in the morning peak hours and 29 trains in the evening. Jebel Ali Metro Station opened on Friday following the inspection visit of Mattar Al Tayer, Chairman of the Board and Executive Director of RTA. The opening of Jebel Ali Metro Station brings the number of stations opened to 27.

Dubai roads. Dubai Metro

Commuters can now have complete information of Dubai’s entire transport network through Google map as well as Wojhati, the RTA announced. The initiative, a joint effort of RTA and Google Inc, is an upgrade of an existing system that allows a person to plan a bus journey across Dubai.

More passengers are expected to use the Dubai Metro with the Friday opening of the Jebel Ali station, next to an industrial corridor where thousands of people work, potentially changing Dubai's public transport scene. The Dubai Metro already carries an average of 170,000 passengers daily

In just one week, Dubai will see two major expansions to its transportation infrastructure, with the recently launched Ferry Dubai come on stream alongside the new Jebel Ali station on the Dubai Metro Red Line. On Friday, Shaikh Mohammed officially launched Ferry Dubai - the latest water transport service offered by the Roads & Transport Authority (RTA)

The Public Transport Agency of the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has signed a Strategic Partnership Agreement with Double Decker Bus Tours LLC to draw up joint strategies and plans to boost marine transit service in the emirate. According to the agreement, the Public Transport Agency will offer tourists dispatched by the Double Decker Bus Tours LLC the opportunity of riding the Water Bus and treating themselves to an enjoyable marine cruise between the two shores of the Dubai Creek.

The National has reported that the Dubai Metro’s Jebel Ali Free Zone station is set to open this friday (11 March). Chairman of the Board at RTA stated that the “Jebel Ali station is mainly intended to serve the Jebel Ali area and in particular the Free Zone and the Jebel Ali Port.”

The Public Transport Agency, Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) has recently signed a Strategic Partnership Agreement with Double Decker Bus Tours LLC providing for the two parties to draw up joint strategies and plans to link the services of the Big Bus of Double Decker Bus Tours LLC; which is subject of a huge attention from a wide spectrum of visitors and tourists pouring in Dubai from various corners of the globe, with RTA's marine transit modes; in a step aimed to boost the marine transit service in the Emirate.

Much of what we do in the UAE depends on having the trusted and convenient plastic cards to swipe our way to purchasing new clothes, taking in a movie or travelling on the Metro. But those shiny credit cards, bank-account cards, and RTA Nol Metro cards may soon be a thing of the past due to new technology that will change the way we pay for things.