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Dubai’s RTA signs strategic contract with Avaya
Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has announced that Avaya had won a three-year strategic contract to support the RTA’s 8009090 Contact Center operations...
Dubai Police get tough on beggars
The Dubai Police are taking stringent measures to curb begging activities in the emirate and the whole country in view of the holy month of Ramadan. The police are coordinating with other countries where beggars come from to the UAE and have intensified inspection campaign in Dubai, a top official said.
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Dubai students' safety in focus as RTA amends rules for school buses
Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) officials told Gulf News on Sunday that six months' notice have been given to schools to comply with the changes, following which the law will be implemented stringently from September 1. "According to the law [first issued in 2008], school buses cannot speed more than 80km/h, and must have RTA-approved speed control devices installed to ensure this," said Furat Ali Al Ameri, director of franchising and enforcement at the RTA's Public Transport Agency.
RTA gets certification for assets management
The Public Transport Agency, Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) became the first Middle Eastern entity to obtain the internationally acclaimed Assets Management Certification of Conformity to the Publicly Available Specification (PAS) 55 assessment awarded by the British SGS Group.
Alert Dubai school bus driver averts disaster
By Joseph George www.emirates247.com
An alert school bus driver averted a major accident yesterday after a...
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Self-driving bus with no back-up driver nears California street
A pair of $250,000 autonomous buses began driving around an empty San Francisco Bay Area...
DEWA launches Smart Centre at its head office as part of the Customer Happiness Centre
Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) launched the Smart Centre, as part of its Customer...
Video: RTA tests new, bigger bus in Dubai
HE Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of Roads...
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'Horrific' 32-car pile-up in Dubai fog injures 14 people
Sixteen people have been injured and two cars were gutted by fire in a 32-car pile-up this morning on Dubai Bypass Road. Brigadier Omar Abdullah Abdul Aziz Al Shamsi of Dubai Police said the dense fog and high speeds caused the accident.
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Superbus wows Capital with looks, if not speed
There was no vroom vroom when the Superbus, a combination of aerospace and Formula 1 technology, finally hit the roads in the Captial on Monday. The superfast vehicle was at a snail’s pace on Monday as it trudged only up to 40kmph
Dubai's RTA lifts 346.5m passengers in 2011
A total of 346.5 million passengers used public transport in Dubai last year, Mattar Al Tayer, chairman and executive director of the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has announced. The passenger figures compared with 332 million passengers lifted in 2010, a 4.3 percent rise, according to the figures released by the RTA's statistics section.
Electric limo super-bus coming to Dubai
An electric powered limo super-bus is being developed for use on the journey between Dubai and Abu Dhabi reducing the 124km trip to a mere 30 minute commute. The limo bus offers comfortable and luxurious transport for up to 23 passengers.
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RTA launches 'One Day in Dubai' initiative
The Public Transport Agency of the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has launched the "One Day in Dubai," initiative, a new fare-saving public transportation package, which allows the passenger to experience all public transport modes and visit most attractive areas in new and old Dubai.
RTA opened the second phase of Jumeriah bridge as a part...
#RTA opened the second phase of Jumeriah bridge as a part of the Dubai Water Canal project, opening two lanes coming from Jumeirah 2...
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Dubai unveils new app for on-demand bus service
Dubai's transport authority is set to launch trials of a new bus on-demand service which will operate via a smart app.
.@RTA_Dubai introduces Bus On-Demand App Service in Gitex (MVMANT), the first app of its...
Abu Dhabi private schools suspend after-school sports due to lack of compliant buses
A shortage of regulation-compliant school buses in Abu Dhabi has forced at least two private schools to cancel some after-school sports matches.
Headmasters from Cranleigh Abu Dhabi and the British School Al Khubairat issued separate...
Video: RTA tests new, bigger bus in Dubai
HE Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has launched the test run of a VDL bus, the first bus to join RTA...
Al Tayer: Bus compliance with timetables soars from 69% in 2015 to 74% in...
HE Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), revealed that THE compliance OF public buses with the approved timetables had soared from...
151 million boarded RTA buses in 2016
The Public Transport Agency of the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) in Dubai revealed that its public buses had lifted 151.1 million riders last year.
"Such an increase is indicative of the growing culture of...
Self-driving bus with no back-up driver nears California street
A pair of $250,000 autonomous buses began driving around an empty San Francisco Bay Area parking lot on Monday, preparing to move onto a local public road in California's first pilot program for a...
RTA marks ‘Month of Reading’ with smart app, audio books for visually impaired people
The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) is marking the ‘Month of Reading’ in March, with a number of initiatives and events including smart app and audio books for visually impaired people.
The initiative, which is...
RTA captures 878 passengers evading bus fares in 2017
RTA's Public Transport Agency confirmed that a number of malpractices amongst public bus riders reduced in January and February of this year compared to the same duration of last year.
"The field work teams of...
ArtBus 2017 welcomes design proposals from talented UAE artists
The eleventh edition of ArtBus is welcoming design proposals from talented nationals and UAE-based artists, for this artistic initiative that will run in Dubai 17 - 19 March, 2017.
Offering the opportunity to work with...
New colour scheme for metro feeder buses
RTA’s Public Transport Agency has unveiled a new colour scheme for the Dubai Metro Feeder Buses emulating the shape of the metro carriages.
The step aims to ease the mobility of commuters, and enhance...
