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Press releases
Eid gifts to 1500 students marking the Year of Zayed
The gesture marks the nation’s celebrations of the Year of Zayed in collaboration with the UAE Red Crescent, Rawfid Centre for Development and Education, and the Supreme Council for Family Affairs in Sharjah.
16/08/2018
Service timing during Eid Al-Adha holiday 2018
Dubai’s RTA has announced the timing of transport services during Eid Al-Adha holiday affecting customers’ happiness centres, paid parking zones, public buses, Dubai Metro & Tram, marine transit means, and centres of service providers
15/08/2018
Carrying out inspection campaign on transport activities in Dubai
RTA represented by Public Transport Agency, has launched diverse inspection campaigns on transport activities in the Emirate during the first half of year 2018.
14/08/2018
Projects
Improvement of Al Awir Road, Entrances of International City
The opening of Al Awir Road Improvement Project (Phase I) will contribute to the smooth flow of traffic from International City heading to Downtown Dubai. It included the construction of a bridge with an estimated capacity of 1000 vehicles per hour
08/07/2018
Latifa bint Hamdan and Umm Al-Sheef Streets Improvement Project
The Project links Jumeirah with Al Khail Road and the Parallel Roads (First Al- Khail Road and Al-Asayel Street), has a cost tag of about AED800 million and its development comprises of two contracts.
27/06/2018
Phase 1 of 7th Interchange, Al Yalayes and Al Asayel Road Projects
The two projects are set to enhance the link between the Sheikh Zayed Road and both Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road and Emirates Road. They will ease the traffic flow on the Sheikh Zayed Road
26/06/2018
Announcements
Opening 4-lane tunnel on Sheikh Rashid Street
RTA Dubai has opened a tunnel on both sides of Sheikh Rashid Street (Al Garhoud and Mina Rashid) comprising four lanes in each direction on 03-05-2018
04/05/2018
Diverting several licensing services to smart channels
(RTA) is intending to divert several licensing services to smart channels starting from the end of April 2018.
26/04/2018
Opening three new bridges on Airport St 27 April 2018
Announcement of the opening of three new bridges as part of the Airport Street Improvement Project in (27 April 2018)
21/04/2018
Photos
Celebrating RTA's nursery graduates for 8th straight year
About 26 children of female employees have graduated from the Nursery established by RTA in 2010 in line with its corporate responsibility to raise the job satisfaction of this segment of employees.
Two Middle Eastern IT Infrastructure and Storage Capacity awards
The first was in the Best Information Technology Infrastructure Project category, which was won by Multiplexing Technology for Optical Fiber Lines Project. The second was in the Best Data Storage Project category and was won by the Consolidated Data Storage Project.
Dubai Taxi concludes Ramadan Camp for Taxi drivers
The event is part of DTC efforts to engage taxi drivers in the spirit of Ramadan, enhance communication and break the daily routines, besides indulging them in a social, cultural and religious atmosphere.
Videos
Providing complimentary directional signs for wedding events of Emiratis starting September 2018
HE Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of (RTA), announced that directional signs would be provided free of charge for wedding events of Emiratis starting from September 2018 year.
Traffic Incidents Management Scheme
The trial run of the Traffic Incidents Management Scheme would be applied to a 70 km sector of the Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road for one year starting from 16 September 2018.
Linking between Happiness and Al Meydan Streets towards Al Khail Road
You may now use the new tunnel linking between Happiness and Al Meydan Streets towards Al Khail Road, which provides a left-turn from Happiness Street to Al Meydan Street. The newly opened project will help smoothen the flow of traffic in Happiness Street, specifically in the area between Financial Centre Street and Al Meydan Street
