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The achievement is yet another feather in the cap for Dubai as Dubai Metro's Red Line had set a Guinness World Record as the longest driverless Metro line in the world extending 52 km, in September 2011. Plans are under way to extend the Green Line to cover Academic City, International City and Lagoons within the next five years, Adnan Al Hammadi, CEO of the Rail Agency at the RTA, said in an interview.

The Filipino community has shown the highest affinity for Dubai Metro, followed by Indians and Europeans, while Emirati commuters make up 12 per cent of Metro users, according to a study conducted by the RTA.

The Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) inauguration ceremony of the Green Line. This event was organized to launch the extension of the Dubai Metro and was attended by Sheikh Mohamed bin Rashid with all Dubai government officials and RTA executives.

The Roads & Transport Authority - Nashwan Atta'ee: The Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) commended the huge efforts & strategic initiatives undertaken by the Community Development Authority (CDA) in Dubai towards fostering a vibrant community that has the blueprints of success & excellence and capable of enriching the prominent profile of the UAE worldwide.

Since starting operation in September 2011, the Green Line of the Dubai Metro has seen ridership levels beyond expectations with as much as 11,849,172 passengers travelling through the Green Line up to last January. Ramadan Abdullah, Director of Rail Operation at RTA Rail Agency, said: “The growing numbers of passengers using the Green Line reflect the substantial evolution in the culture of community members vis-à-vis the use of mass transit.”

The total revenue of Roads and Transport Authority (RTA)-run Dubai Taxi crossed Dh1 billion in 2011, with more than 125 million passengers hiring cab services to make 62.36 million trips. This is in addition to revenues of privately owned taxi companies.

The Monitoring and Enforcement Department, Licensing Agency, Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) carried out several inspection campaigns in 2011 targeting driving and vehicle testing centers in Dubai to ensure their compliance with the laws and regulations relating to both technical and training matters.

Dubai Fourteen winners selected from among 93 submissions were yesterday bestowed the fourth Dubai Award for Sustainable Transport (Dast) 2011 by Shaikh Hamdan Bin Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Dubai Crown Prince and Chairman of the Executive Council.

QATAR Railways Company (QRC) will issue the first request for proposals for the country's $US 40bn rail network in the first week of April. Four tunnelling contracts for the first phase of the Doha Metro, each worth $US 2-3bn, will be launched with winners set to be announced in October.

Dubai: You could win Dh100 in top-up credit for your Salik account if you are one of the first 50 respondents to enlist your friends to undertake a traffic safety pledge on the Road and Traffic Authority (RTA) Facebook page.