DUBAI METRO 2024

The division has won the Contractor of the Year category at the MEP awards for the past three years. It employs 16,000 and has an order book of AED2 billion. In terms of current projects, ETA has been on-site at Concourse 3 of Dubai International for a year now. It is also gearing up for completion of the Dubai Metro’s Green Line, and is continuing with work at the Burj Khalifa apartments. “Currently we are still number one because of the nature and size of our projects,” says Jegabber.

Almost one year since opening, Dubai's metro is on track to meet the expectations of its creators despite doubts that the cosmopolitan city's citizens could easily be wooed away from the roads and onto rails. More than 23m people have ridden the metro since it began operations on September 9, 2009. According to the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), Dubai's public transport agency, the daily average number of passengers increased from 35,000 in the last months of 2009 to the present level of 110,000.

Once completed, the Dh15.5 billion Dubai Metro will be the worlds largest automated driverless Metro system, with Green and Red Lines extending 75 kilometres and consisting of 47 stations, including 10 underground stations.

With the Metro along Dubaii Marina (March 2010). A lot of the metro stations and the buildings are under construction. Noticeable is the big vacancy of the buildings.

If Baghdad’s metro is to move ahead, two things have to happen. First, a stable government will have to take the reins of power in Baghdad. Second, Iraq will have to develop a coherent framework to attract financiers and construction companies and give them the level of comfort they need before they participate in the scheme.

RTA participation in this global event aims at acquainting participants with the vital projects undertaken by the RTA in the field of infrastructure required for operating public transport network, and the strategic initiatives of integrated mass transit modes spanning the Dubai Metro, public buses, marine transport and taxis.

A recent survey carried out by the Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) revealed that 77 per cent of public transport users in Dubai favoured widening the scope of Dedicated Lanes for Buses and Taxis scheme to cover more streets, over and above Al Mankhool, Al Khaleej, Khalid bin Al Waleed and Al Ghubaiba streets; which saw the debut of the scheme in mid May last.

There have been two distinct reactions from my friends in Dubai about the announcement that the Metro’s Green Line will open next August. One group, comprised of students, artists, environmentalists and mostly working class folks, is upset that they will have to wait so long. The other couldn’t care less.

Human Resources Department of Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) has recently held a series of workshops delivered by RTA employees winning the Dubai Government Excellence Program (DGEP) Awards in which they reviewed their outstanding experience and efforts culminated in winning this coveted Dubai Government Award. The workshops were held under the theme: “Benefiting from Your Experience”.

The General Supervisor of Al Masar Magazine Dr. Aysha Al Busmait said: “The initiative aims at embedding technical writing skills in the affiliated individuals and develop the abilities of writing about activities and media events through exposing them to a series of training workshops run by the Editorial family of Al Masar Magazine, who have extensive experience in both media and training.