New Buses * Dubai - Buses deployed to reduce congestion
Dubai -Gulf News -January 26, 2008: -- The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has deployed a fleet of buses to bring visitors to the Global Village from various emirates in a bid to encourage people to use public transport and help cut down on traffic jams... Besides the 29 buses for Dubai residents, it has deployed 15 inter-city buses for people in Sharjah, Al Ain, and Abu Dhabi... It is anticipated that these buses will carry around 1,200 to 2,000 passengers every day and the number is likely to reach 3,000 passengers during weekends, especially with the start of the Dubai Shopping Festival, a senior RTA officer said... (Picture: Besides the 29 buses for Dubai residents, RTA has deployed 15 inter-city buses for people in Sharjah, Al Ain, and Abu Dhabi)* STATISTICS - City commuters are willing to miss the bus
Dubai -Gulf News, by Ashfaq Ahmed -January 26, 2008: -- Despite adding more buses, the city's public bus system has had only a three per cent increase in passengers during last year, Gulf News has learnt... The number of passengers using public buses in Dubai rose from 88 million in 2006 to around 91 million last year, an increase of about 3.4 per cent. These passengers took 1.8 million trips on 68 routes. Around 10 million commuters travelled on 16 inter-city routes last year...
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