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Dubai introducing bus service exclusively for women
The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) plans to introduce a bus service exclusively for women by the end of this year, according to a senior RTA official. The CEO of Public Transport Agency at the RTA, Essa Al Dossari, said: “We are in the process of planning better public transport services. The number of women travelling [...]
Continue reading...Another bus route in Sharjah next month
25. June 2008
After the successful trial run of bus route no 14, the Sharjah Public Transport Corporation (SPTC) is planning to start another route by next month. Fahd Al Awadi, General Manager of KGL-PTS (the Kuwaiti company that’s managing the fleet of buses for SPTC), said that the final decision was pending since the infrastructure details were still [...]
Continue reading...Bus fares for internal routes fixed at Dh2
25. June 2008
Here is a news transport facilities etc.,” he pointed out. At present, the bus fares of use to bus travellers. You’ll now need to pay Dh2 only, whatever your destination, on all internal bus routes. The fares on all internal bus routes, barring a few longer routes, has been fixed at Dh2, [...]
Continue reading...First ‘official’ test run of Dubai Metro in Sept 2008
18. June 2008
The first “official” test run of the Dubai Metro is expected to take place in September this year, the Roads and Transport Authority said yesterday. “The test run of the Dubai Metro would be done on an 11.4km track from the Jebel Ali underground Metro terminal to the Ibn Battuta Metro station, said Mattar Al Tayer, [...]
Continue reading...Parking cards to the rescue in Dubai
6. October 2007
It has happened to us all - sometime you finally find a parking spot, but when you reach the parking meter, you realise you do not have enough coins.You start pleading with passersby to give you change for your Dh5 note, but with no luck. There are no stores nearby where you can rush in [...]
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8. July 2008
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