Tag: Roads and Transport Authority (RTA).

Many people are unaware that sleeping on the Metro could cost them dear. "What's the great idea about slapping a fine on someone who falls asleep on the Metro?" asked another irate passenger. "Do inspectors get commissions for slapping fines for this non-offence?"

Developed and piloted by the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), implementing the Vehicle Defect Clearing System across the UAE will mean that unsafe vehicles will be allowed back on the road only after they rectify defects.

There was a time not so long ago when the Metro was seen as an exercise in mild futility. The general if uninformed public consensus was that Dubai was a car-centric town and that no executive would deign to take a train to work and that these blue streaks would go empty.

Smooth traffic movement is expected in and around The Dubai Mall and Burj Khalifa during the Eid Al Adha holidays this time with new traffic control measures being taken by the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) from today when residents and tourists go out and shop for the festival.

While the RTA marks its sixth anniversary and free public transport day today for the second consecutive year, it has announced the completion of 90 per cent of its roads, traffic and public transport projects at a cost of more than Dh60 billion while more than Dh44 billion will be spent on more projects by 2020.

The 73rd Open Distinguished Number Plates Auction held by Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has fetched Dhs21 million for it.

A fun tour, organized by the Women's Committee, Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), to some metro stations and heritage areas in Dubai for a horde of senior citizens organized in cooperation with the Elderly Nursing Homes in the UAE, was well-received by the elderly, offering them a source of joy and happiness.

Dubai will allow the private sector to offer services in various fields that include ambulance services, public transport buses and abras, according to a resolution issued yesterday. The resolutions are expected to boost the transport sector in the city and open up new investment avenues for the private sector.

The RTA, earlier this year, launched a unique online service for owners of commercial vehicles, called bulk registration, wherein a company can register all its vehicles due for registration at one go, by the single click of a button.

The new technology has been fitted to 40 trucks as an experiment to see its role in minimising traffic accidents. The system also checks tyre pressure, monitors variation in tyre alignment and defines the proper position of the tyre through a display panel indicating the body of the vehicle and tyre distribution in an effective manner.