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Dr. Aysha Al Busmait, Director of the marketing &corporate communication, Chairwoman of Woman Committee, Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) recently received a delegation of Al Dana Woman Committee, Rashid Hospital, Dubai Health Authority to review the key achievements made by RTA Woman Committee over the past few years.

The first public transport ferry service is set to start from August, coinciding with the launch of the Metro Green Line, a senior RTA official told Khaleej Times. The route for the service between Al Ghubaiba and Dubai Marina is expected to complement the Metro as it passes through areas not served by the trains but would be connecting with two major metro stations.

A series of seminars and workshops designed to instill the proper concepts and standards of the Dubai Government Excellence Program (DGEP) by means of regularly held workshops to elucidate the key nine standards of the DGEP have been incorporated in this year's plan of the Development and Corporate Performance Department, Roads and Transport Authority (RTA).

Permanently disabled persons, both Emiratis and expatriates, can now purchase free Nol Blue cards for use in public transport across Dubai. Likewise, senior Emiratis and students, both Emiratis and expatriates, can avail a 50 per cent discounted fare on RTA’s mass transit modes comprising the metro and public buses in their daily travels within the Emirate of Dubai.

According to the Roads and Transport Authority, the Dubai Metro recorded 38.9 million passengers in 2010 with about 150,000 people taking the trips daily. Add to the mix a high penetration rate of iPhones in the UAE and you have a natural environment for a nifty little phone app that is making life a little easier these days for commuters. Meet the iMetro.

The introduction of the Metro in the Emirate of Dubai has had “great impact on the traffic flow,” said a traffic expert from the emirate’s transportation agency. Dubai is now doing well compared to the other famous global cities.

Power Saving Team at Roads & Transport Authority (RTA), in cooperation with the Human Resources & Development Department, has recently held the inaugural workshop as part of a series of events intended to translate the Dubai Government Strategy 2011 aimed at achieving sustainable development & optimal consumption of resources.

Ducab, one of the leading manufacturers of high quality power cables in the Middle East, seeks majority stakes for production facilities outside the UAE, but put it on hold due to political unrest in Arab world, Chairman Ahmad Al Shaikh said.

It is often said it takes a certain type of person to live as an expatriate in the Middle East and, for all the benefits on offer, relocating there can have its challenges. Some arrive dazzled by the glittering skyscrapers and luxury hotels and lured by financial rewards greater than they could earn at home.

Who could fail to love France's TGV, the Train A Grande Vitesse? Swishing almost soundlessly through the lush countryside, transporting you comfortably and speedily from one beautiful city to another, the TGV is part of the French way of life and one of the things foreigners always rave about in tourist opinion polls.