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The Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) has recently received a visiting delegation from the Dubai Customs and briefed the visitors on the best practices adopted by RTA’s Administrative Services Dep’t, particularly in the field of e-archiving.

number of government departments in Dubai have joined the ‘Union Tree’ initiative amid preparations to celebrate the 41st UAE National Day on December 2. His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, inspired the campaign by urging citizens to plant trees in their houses and workplaces to highlight the spirit of the Union during National Day celebrations.

tudents and professionals in Dubai will soon have an option to study courses covering the transport sector, which so far is not well-represented at most local universities. With public transport gaining a lot of attention in the region, the Roads and Transport Authority’s (RTA) decision to tie up with local institutions to encourage tailor-made programmes offering specialisation in various aspects of transport operations is just what the doctor ordered.

The Licensing Agency, Roads & Transport Authority (RTA), is offering around 201 distinguished licensing plates comprising J, M and K codes under the 16th Online Auction; which kicks off today and rolls on for three days.

The Customers Council, Roads & Transport Authority (RTA), has recently held its 36th meeting with customers of RTA Rail Agency in order to screen their constructive ideas aimed at enhancing the performance and improving the business conduct in the interest of all stakeholders.

After effectively implementing the heavy trailer testing system in Dubai, the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has proposed to authorities in other emirates to adopt the system in order to curb the number of accidents caused by heavy vehicles. Heavy vehicles are estimated to cause more than 20 per cent of accidents on highways, many of them due to ill-maintained and faulty trailers, claiming dozens of lives every year.

By Ivan Shyshkovskyy. I'm on metro in Dubai. Dubai metro video.

"I'm not sure what the monetary amount is exactly but it is a few million fines we are still waiting to have paid," said Ahmed Hashim Bahrozyan, chief executive of the RTA's licensing agency. "The current procedure of retrieving payments is done manually. The RTA sends a list of fines of non-UAE vehicles to the Ministry of Interior and they forward the information to the concerned departments of the other [Arabian] Gulf countries.

Majority of the respondents (71 per cent) who took part in the poll, believe that Dubai never sleeps so why should the Metro stop running even at odd hours. On the other hand, 26 per cent say that there is no pressing need for the Metro to run all the time, whereas a 3 per cent of the participants were not sure about the hours of operation.

A delegation from the Department of Islamic Affairs & Charitable Activities in Dubai praised the Development & Corporate Performance model of the Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) through which the RTA has gone far & wide in leveraging the performance & corporate development across all sectors & agencies, as reflected on the package of advanced services delivered to all segments of the community.