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Dubai: Metro users in Dubai faced delays on Thursday morning after the service was suspended for more than 40 minutes, Gulf News has learnt.

Metro chiefs have admitted they were on the wrong tracks with their choice of music. Passengers driven mad by the repetitive, electronic tune they have been forced to listen to – or at least block out with their iPods – have made their feelings known, and it seems their complaints have not fallen on deaf ears.

It added that car ownership in the UAE is set to rise to 55.9 percent, up 0.5 percent from last year "despite the continuous lack of credit availability and the new Dubai Metro which has broadened publish transport options".

RTA Chairman of the Board and Executive Director HE Mattar Al Tayer heads RTA delegation to the conference which includes the CEO of Marine Agency & Chairman of UITP Congress 2011 Hosting Follow up Team Mr Mohammed Obaid Al Mulla, CEO of Dubai Taxi Corporation and 1st VP of the Team Mr Abdul Aziz Malik and several RTA directors.

H.E. Mattar Al Tayer, Chairman of the Board and Executive Director of Roads & Transport Authority (RTA), has recently received at his office H.E. Ambassador Tariq Khalid Al Hamd, the Kuwaiti Consul in Dubai, where he explored ways & means of boosting cooperation and exchanging expertise between the RTA and its Kuwaiti counterpart.

The Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) has opened the bridge linking Dubai Media City and the Greens for traffic, providing a direct link between the two sides of Sheikh Zayed Road in that area.

At least 10 kiosks with high-speed internet service have been installed at different locations in the city to help commuters use the ‘Wojhati' service to plan their journey on public transport.

RTA Rail Agency has issued 121 offences to Metro users, during February 2010, while commuting across the eleven stations of the Red Line, and the statistic reveal a 34% drop, compared to January where 183 offences issued.

The Dubai Roads & Transport Authority (RTA)?is considering co-operation and investment ventures with China Railway, said an RTA statement. Mattar Al Tayer, Chairman of the Board and Executive Director of RTA, recently received a delegation from China Railway, headed by Chairman Kuwang Young.

Roads and Transport Authority is planning to introduce almost 5.6 kilometres of bus and taxi lanes in various parts of the city commencing May 15. After studying traffic flows, the RTA has moved on the dedicated lanes.