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His Excellency Mattar Al Tayer, Chairman of the Board & Executive Director of the Roads & Transport Authority (RTA), revealed that the projects and improvements carried out by the RTA, comprising roads, bridges & tunnels as well as mass transit network including Dubai Metro, public buses & marine transit modes, contributed to reducing the cost of time wasted annually due to traffic congestions from 4.9 billion dirham in 2005 to 2.4 billion dirham in 2010.

A 1·5 km extension of Istanbul metro line M2 from Darüssafaka to Haciosman opened on May 23, taking the line length to 18 km. The southern extension of M2 from Sishane to Yenikapi over the new Golden Horn Bridge is expected to open in 2014.

“The Dubai Metro project has yet to complete its second year, but the number of Metro commuters is showing an upward trend along with other mass transit modes, including public buses particularly those feeding the Metro stations.”

Mr. Essa Abdulrahman Al Dosari, CEO of the Public Transport Agency, stated that these initiatives included three axes. The first axis is concerned with the policies and systems of environmental management and mobility programs.

The Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) has reviewed with a delegation of Ajman Municipality its expertise in organizing outdoor ads across Dubai Emirate and expressed readiness to cooperate with any entity interested in benefiting from RTA pioneering practices in its specialist fields of business.

RTA's Licensing Agency announced a major increase to its service network through the use of Trusted Agents.

The 72nd Distinguished Number Plates Auction recently held by the Licensing Agency, Roads & Transport Authority (RTA), at RTA Auditorium was hugely popular as it witnessed the participation of various community segments, fetching total proceeds amounting to 16.913 million dirham.

The flyover across Al Houdh Roundabout or Dock Roundabout will be opened in September, according to the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA). The project is set for full completion in the second quarter of 2013.

In cooperation with the Prime Medical Center in Dubai, the Administrative Services Department, at Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), has recently organized an awareness lecture on the risk factors of cardio-vascular diseases.

RTA has submitted a suggestion to explore the possibility of allowing those who have completed 17 years and six months to open a traffic file and train to drive light vehicles.