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Dubai Metro’s Green Line will be completed in August and is expected to open to passengers in September, a senior official at the emirate’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) said.

Dubai’s Road and Transport Authority will spend about AED20 billion ($5.45 billion) in the coming four years to fund projects but is not considering a hike in toll charges, an official said on Tuesday.

The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), all affiliated agencies included, is seeking to nurture a clean & sustainable environment free from anything that might adversely affect the ecosystem or the public health by applying effective strategies, using the latest technology and sharing the expertise of countries and cosmopolitan cities which have gone far and wide in this regard.

The Roads & Transport Authority 'RTA' has recently offered a new service whereby Nol card balance can be recharged online through the service portal: (nol.ae) through a handy & quick process in simple and transparent steps. The service comes in the context of RTA's ongoing endeavours to deliver best-in-class services and make them easily accessible to users of public transit means across Dubai.

Universities in the UAE must consider introducing and enhancing programmes in transportation and logistics as the country’s transportation industry is set for growth in coming years. Home to two of the world’s leading airlines, Emirates and Etihad, in recent years Dubai and the UAE has seen a boom in its transportation industry.

International City and Discovery Gardens continue to beDubai metroar the burden of steep drops in property values brought on by fresh supply entering the market. According to Cluttons, the value of units in the two locations fell by 8.9 per cent in the first three months of the year from the same period in 2010.

The major infrastructure projects and investments in transport sector will expedite the recovery in Dubai real estate sector, a study says. The completion of world-class infrastructure and a business-friendly environment over the last two years will be among the main factors behind the creation of more demand for
 Dubai real estate.

The Dubai Metro has scooped the 3rd edition of Princess Haya bint Al Hussain Award for Special Education, in the category of the Best Educational Research, in recognition of the research conducted by the Rail Planning and Development Department, Rail Agency, Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) in collaboration with the Ministry of Social Affairs.

British outsourcing group Serco said it was on track with its 2011 expectations after some strong contract wins and was well placed to achieve future revenue targets. Serco, which among other things runs London's cycle-hire scheme and Dubai's metro, on Monday said it had won 1.6 billion pounds ($2.62 billion) worth of work since the start of its financial year on Jan. 1.

Dubai is nothing at all like Las Vegas. Though both are unlikely cities in waterless environs and full of people eager to divest visitors of both their souls and their money, that is where their likeness ends. As a tour leader for Trek America, I survived many weekends scratching the tacky surface of LV’s wholesale debauchery, but those dark nights of the soul don’t compare at all to how another desert city half way across the world makes a nature-lover feel.