DUBAI METRO 2024

The CEO of Public Transport Agency considered this Day as a splendid opportunity for those who have not tasted the use of RTA public transport modes and experience the benefits of mass transit systems, particularly noting that these means are fitted with the best technologies in this line of industry.

SMRT said its second-quarter net profit fell 13.3 per cent from a year earlier to S$45.8 million. The next 12 months may be challenging, the transport operator said. Profit declined despite revenue for the period rising 7.2 per cent to S$246 million.

Hold tight for this stomach churning ride on the Ferrari Rossa which will take you from 0kph to 240kph in under five seconds. Phil Blizzard at Ferrari World Abu Dhabi reports on the world's fastest roller coaster which allows riders to sample the acceleration and G forces which F1 drivers experience on the race track.

Work on the Green Line of Dubai Metro is fast approaching completion, with the tracks fully ready and stations taking the final shape. Various types of testing have already begun, with His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, recently launching the operational phase of Green Line.

As Free Public Transport Day approaches, Kipp assembles a guide for first-time Metro users. As it commemorates its fifth anniversary, the RTA will be offering free travel all day for holders of a Nol card on November 1. The move comes as part of an effort to increase the number of residents using public transport from the current 12 percent to 34 percent within the next ten years.

"The Public Transport Day initiative, which attracts participation of various government authorities and departments as well as private sector entities and different community segments, aims at highlighting the role of Dubai Emirate in supporting the initiatives that contribute to the improvement of the environment, attaining sustained development, encouraging inhabitants to use public transport modes and promoting the modern mass transit means provided by the RTA including the Dubai Metro, public buses and marine transit systems," said Al Tayer.

The study revealed that 37 per cent of the sample - consisting of 53 people with disabilities - had future plans of using public transport to commute to work, place of study or entertainment venues, while 20 per cent would use public transport only in case of necessity. The latter noted that “using the water bus and public buses create the fear of using public transport because of the fear of being subjected to harm or damage during transporting.”

Residents and visitors to Dubai have been urged to leave their cars at home and use the Dubai Metro and buses on the occasion of Free Public Transport Day being observed in the emirate on November 1. The Metro is a key mass transit mode that has attracted much attention recently judging by its popularity among all segments of the community and the number of commuters served during the first year of operation which exceeded 30 million passengers," noted Al Hammadi

The CEO of Rail Agency, Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) Adnan Al Hamadi, urged the public to use metro on the Public Transport Day; a key initiative recently launched by the RTA scheduled on November 1st, 2010. He hailed the initiative, which is the first rolled on by the RTA to encourage the public to use public transport modes and benefit from the multiple advantages and features that render them trustworthy by all users at all times. The Metro is one of these means that offer commuters a convenient ride across Dubai roads, he noted.

The sharp downturn, combined with additional regulatory requirements, has placed huge pressures on the construction industry -- and the only way for the industry to cope is to work much closer together, from designers to contractors, said Buro Happold director Kevin Mitchell at the Construction Week conference in Abu Dhabi. Crowder said Atkins had deployed a BIM approach successfully on the Dubai Metro, and carried this through to its work on major metro projects in Makkah and Calcutta.