BUS LANES * Dubai / UAE - Four central Dubai roads to have ones
Abu Dhabi,Dubai/UAE -The National, by Eugene Harnan -March 25, 2010: -- Motorists in Dubai will lose a lane on some of the city’s roads when dedicated bus and taxiways are introduced in May... The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) is introducing the lanes on four roads in the city centre at a cost of Dh8.5 million (US$2.3m)... Signs will be visible on the four roads beforehand but the police will not enforce the new rules until May 15. Motorists who use a bus lane at any time of day will risk a Dh600 fine... The agency will take 16 buses off the roads after the lanes are in use because it expects the change to reduce congestion, said Mattar al Tayer, the RTA chairman and executive director... Dubai has 1,540 buses running on 119 routes and carrying 325,000 passengers on an average day. The RTA says there is a bus every 10 to 15 minutes at every stop. The agency wants 30 per cent of residents using public transport by 2020... (Photo by Jeffrey E Biteng / The National - The Roads and Transport Agency wants 30 per cent of Dubai’s population using public transport by 2020) * Dubai / UAE - Special Bus Lanes Mean Fewer Traffic Snarls
Dubai,United Arab Emirates -The Khaleej Times, by Shafaat Ahmed -26 March 2010: ... True, there are genuine issues, but given the number of cars that ply on Dubai’s roads (Dubai has one of the highest per capita number of cars), the best infrastructure would be inadequate... The sooner many of us leave our cars at home and board public transport the better the situation will get. At least that’s what the RTA is suggesting.RTA bus services at a glance
◆ Buses operating during peak hours: 1,080
◆ Number of routes: 119
◆ Annual ridership: 120m in 2009 compared to 107m in 2008,11.2 per cent increase
◆ Number of internal trips per year: 3 million
◆ Number of intercity trips per year: 362,000
◆ Coverage: 100 per cent of Central Business Districts, 75 per cent of suburban areas
In an attempt to drastically expand the use of public transport from a meagre six per cent to 30 per cent by 2020, the RTA is adopting various measures — some very practical and a few not so cool... By introducing toll on busy roads, increasing parking fees, launching the Metro and by introducing more buses as well as dedicated bus and taxi lanes, the RTA’s strategy of less carrot and more stick seems to be working... The various modes of the mass transit system — Dubai Metro, public buses, marine transport and taxis – together transported 288.777 million people in 2009, with a daily ridership of nearly a million people... Apart from saving a lot of time and enhancing the punctuality of buses, according to RTA calculations, the first phase of the project will save Dh104 million annually, which is otherwise spent in traffic snarls... (Photo by Juidin Bernarrd/KT: A dedicated lane for RTA buses on the Bur Dubai-Shindiga tunnel road.)
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