DUBAI METRO 2024

Use of private vehicles in the Central Business Districts (CBDs) of Dubai is likely to be limited once the Green Line of the Dubai Metro becomes operational after August next year, said a senior official. "The move is part of our plan to ease traffic congestion in the old city which is the hub of commercial activities and has always witnessed massive traffic jams," said the official at the Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA).

Driving from Dubai to Abu Dhabi every day can make a man do strange things. It's a mix of tedium and terror. People who have experienced war describe combat similarly. But I suppose you'd call this pre-traumatic stress. The only indicator of when the boredom ends and the bedlam begins is the brake lights of the vehicle in front, momentarily illuminating the words "Am I driving safely?" before the screech of rubber on asphalt answers the question.

It's 7.30am at Rashidiya Station and a few stray passengers board the Metro, find a comfy seat, plug in their earphones and hope to doze for the next hour or so, oblivious to the chaos that is about to come. Five stations into the journey, at the Deira City Centre, the passengers board in the hundreds. By the time the train reaches Khalid Bin Al Waleed station, people are standing shoulder to shoulder, or "mouth to mouth", as one man puts it.

Following the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed with The Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) recently; First Gulf Bank has inaugurated today its new metro station in the presence of Mr. Andre Sayegh, CEO of FGB and other seniors from the bank. The metro station is located on Sheikh Zayed Road and is in close proximity to the Bank's Branch offices.

More than 600,000 passengers used Dubai's mass transit system during Monday's Free Transport Day initiated by the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) to mark its fifth anniversary. Of the 606,390 passengers counted by RTA, 205,965 took the Dubai Metro compared to a daily average of 140,000 on a normal day.

More than half a million passengers benefited from the free public transport day celebrated in Dubai Monday, to mark the fifth anniversary of the Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA). Public Transport Day was officially launched by Shaikh Majid Bin Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of Dubai Culture, and he himself used public transport Monday.

Plans for a 20km extension of the Dubai Metro Green Line to Academic City is being considered by transport officials, it was reported Monday. The project is set to be decided by the end of the year, and is part of a wider review of all projects being undertaken by the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), the National reports.

Free public transport day in Dubai received a positive response from the public, with many people leaving their cars at home to ride the metro, public buses and water buses. The free transport day is being celebrated on Monday to mark the fifth anniversary of the Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA).

Driving in Dubai Metro from World Trade Centre Metro Station to Burj Khalifa/Dubai Mall Metro Station on the 19th October 2010.

Thanks to a bright vision and unlimited support of senior leadership, the Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) has managed over the last five years to deliver several projects and initiatives that span strategic planning of roads & transport systems along with booking their respective rights of way, upgrading roads network & public transport systems, addressing the requirements of pedestrians & traffic safety, and applying a package of traffic and transport policies.