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Gulf Business
3 hours ago
- Business
- Gulf Business
Eid Al Adha 2025: Dubai's RTA announces service hours during holiday
Image credit: WAM/Website Dubai's Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has announced the operating hours for all its services during the Eid Al Adha holiday for the Hijri year 1446H (2025). The timings apply to Customer Happiness Centres, public transport, paid parking zones, marine services, and technical testing centres. Read- Customer Happiness Centres All Customer Happiness Centres will remain closed during the Eid Al Adha break. However, Smart Customer Happiness Centres at Umm Ramool, Deira, Al Barsha, and the RTA Head Office will continue to operate 24/7. Technical testing centres Service provider centres offering technical testing will be closed from June 5 to 7 2025. Technical testing services will resume at select centres—Tasjeel Al Tawar, AutoPro Al Mankhool, Tasjeel Al Awir, Al Yalayis, and Shamil Muhaisnah—on Sunday, June 8. All services, including transaction processing, will resume across all centres on Monday, June 9, 2025, as per regular working hours. Dubai Metro Metro stations on both the Red and Green Lines will operate from Wednesday, June 4 to Saturday, June 7 2025, between 5:00am and 1:00am the following day. Dubai Tram Tram services will run from 6:00am to 1:00am (next day) from June 4 to 7, 2025. Public Buses (Dubai Bus) Holiday bus schedules will be available on the S'hail app. Note: Route E100 will be suspended from Al Ghubaiba Bus Station between June 4 and 8. Commuters can use E101 from Ibn Battuta Bus Station to Abu Dhabi. Route E102 will run directly from Al Jafiliya Bus Station to Zayed International Airport in Abu Dhabi, bypassing Ibn Battuta and Musaffah. Marine Transport Marine transport service schedules can be accessed via the Public parking Parking will be free across public zones from June 5 to 8 2025. This excludes multi-level parking terminals, where normal charges will apply.
Khaleej Times
3 days ago
- Business
- Khaleej Times
Dubai: Umm Suqeim street to hold 16,000 vehicles per hour, get new walkways
A project that will increase Umm Suqeim Street's capacity to 16,000 vehicles per hour, and reduce travel time between Jumeirah Street and Al Khail Road from 20 minutes to just six, was announced by Dubai's Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) on Saturday. The upgrade of Umm Suqeim Street from its intersection with Jumeirah Street to Al Khail Road is part of the master plan to develop Jumeirah, Al Safa, and Al Wasl streets. 'The project enhances connectivity across four strategic transport corridors in Dubai — Sheikh Zayed Road, Al Khail Road, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road, and Emirates Road,' said Mattar Al Tayer, RTA Director-General and Chairman of the board of executive directors. 'The upgraded corridor will directly serve vital residential and development areas, including Jumeirah, Umm Suqeim, Al Manara, Al Sufouh, Umm Al Sheif, Al Barsha, and Al Quoz; home to more than two million residents,' he assured. The key features of the road project will also include pedestrian walkways, dedicated cycling tracks, boulevards, and vibrant urban spaces. The road project will include the upgrade of six key intersections along Umm Suqeim Street, including those connected with Jumeirah Street, Al Wasl Street, Sheikh Zayed Road, First Al Khail Street, Al Asayel Street, and Al Khail Road. A total of four bridges and three tunnels will be constructed with a total combined length of 4,100 metres. At the intersection with Jumeirah Street, a tunnel with two lanes in each direction will be constructed, complemented by a signalised surface-level junction. A second tunnel, comprising two lanes, will be constructed at the intersection with Al Wasl Street to facilitate traffic flow from Sheikh Zayed Road towards Jumeirah Street, while maintaining uninterrupted surface traffic in the direction of Sheikh Zayed Road. At its intersection with Sheikh Zayed Road, two bridges will be constructed to eliminate traffic overlap and enhance movement efficiency. A tunnel will also be developed at the intersection with First Al Khail Street to accommodate traffic coming from Al Barsha towards Sheikh Zayed Road, along with associated surface-level improvements.
Arabian Business
18-05-2025
- Business
- Arabian Business
dedicated bus lane
The dedicated bus and taxi lanes will be constructed across 37km between 2023 and 2027 and will cover eight main streets in Dubai
The National
16-02-2025
- Automotive
- The National
Respite for delivery riders as 40 rest areas created in Dubai road safety drive
Dubai has completed the construction of 40 air-conditioned rest areas for delivery riders in support of a major drive to boost road safety, authorities announced on Sunday. The sites – developed by Dubai's Roads and Transport Authority in co-ordination with delivery companies – were first announced in November 2023 and feature snack dispensers, water coolers, mobile phone-charging stations. Each area has capacity to accommodate up to 10 people. The exteriors have been designed to reduce the effect of sunlight, ensuring workers have respite from the heat as temperatures begin to climb. The project is central to wider efforts to improve the working environment of riders amid a growing demand for delivery services fuelled by the country's continuing population surge. The RTA said the locations were selected based on data analysis, demand for delivery services and co-ordination with delivery companies. The new rest areas have been built in key areas such as Hessa Street, Barsha Heights Al Barsha, Dubai World Trade Centre, Business Bay and Dubai Marina. Motorcycle delivery has been a huge growth market, with more than 124,000 bikes registered in the UAE and 92,000 in Dubai alone, the RTA says. Motorcyclists are among the most vulnerable users of the UAE's busy roads, despite efforts to bolster safety measures. Delivery riders in Dubai were banned from the left lane – commonly referred to as the fast or overtaking lane – in 2021. The following year, a safety campaign was launched by Dubai Police and the RTA that required delivery riders to complete longer and more varied training to obtain a licence. Road Safety UAE analysed data from the Ministry of Interior to understand which vehicles were most commonly involved in accidents in 2023. Light vehicles were involved in 66 per cent of all road accidents, accounting for 2,916 of 4,391 collisions, while motorbikes were involved 18 per cent of the total, or 783 accidents. Of all UAE road accidents recorded in 2023, there were 42 deaths involving motorcycle riders and 1,020 recorded injuries, according to the Ministry of Interior. At Saudi German Hospital on Sheikh Zayed Road, doctors say they treat up to 20 motorcycle delivery riders a month.
