Tag: Roads and Transport Authority (RTA).

The Metro’s Green Line, which is likely to have an Eid launch in September this year, will have greater impact than its predecessor, easing traffic particularly in the city’s clogged Central Business Districts (CBD), said Matar Al Tayer, Chairman of the Board of Directors at the Roads and Transport Authority.

A free newspaper aimed at Dubai Metro commuters was launched yesterday. The weekly title, Read, has an initial print run of 80,000 copies, and is distributed in stations on the network's Red Line.

His Excellency Michael Camuñez, Assistant US Secretary of Commerce for Market Access and Compliance commended the projects delivered by the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) and their contribution to easing the congestion and developing modern mass transit systems spanning Dubai Metro, public buses, and marine transit modes in addition to an extensive network of roads and bridges capable of satisfying the needs of the Emirate in future.

Dubai has witnessed completion of 129 projects since 2009 with 237 out of 450 projects likely to be completed in due course, according to information contained in the government’s bond prospectus posted on the London Stock Exchange.

Regular early morning users of the Dubai Metro have urged the RTA to start the service earlier than the current time of 6am and increase the frequency during the first hour of the day.

The Assets Management Department, Corporate Technical Support Services Sector, Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) has recently reviewed with a delegation of the Dubai Municipality the best practices of RTA's assets management system; which is aligned with the highest global standards.

His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum inaugurated yesterday “16th St.” Media Exhibition on the sideline of his visit to Dubai Women’s College – a Higher Colleges of Technology flagship institution.

The Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) has recently received a number of students from Al Hudaybiyah and Sara Primary Schools (1st Cycle) in Dubai in the context of 'Read More' initiative, which is continuing to roll on this year with the aim of boosting the skills of students and urging them to acquire different sorts of books and stories that contribute to furthering their intellectual abilities.

Dubai's Road and Transport Authority, or RTA, is eyeing to spend Dh20 billion in four years for projects, and may also issue bonds to fund future ones, an RTA executive said on Tuesday.

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.