Tag: Roads and Transport Authority (RTA).

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 & 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.

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.

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.

In the first week of last April, the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), started the distribution of an educative leaflet among visually impaired students, written in Braille language. The traffic awareness plans envisioned for this year target new community segments, including the disabled

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.