Number of lines 2
(Red and Green Line) Website rta.ae | Daily ridership 1,475,000 (all modes) Phone +971 800 9090 | |
Locale Dubai, United Arab Emirates Chief executive Mattar Mohammed Al Tayer (Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors) Headquarters Al Manara Center,
Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai
United Arab Emirates. Address Dubai Municipality, Al Manara Center, Sheikh Zayed Rd، Near Noor Bank Metro Station, Al Safa 2 - Dubai - United Arab Emirates Similar Bosch Center 2, Wasl - Rawdhat Al Abraar M, Emirates Gas Factory 1, Al Quoz Bus Station, Quoz - Clinic 1 Profiles | ||
The Roads and Transport Authority (Arabic: هيئة الطرق والمواصلات), commonly known as RTA, is the major independent government transportation authority in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It was founded in 2005 and is responsible for planning and executing transport or traffic projects, along with legislation and strategic plans of transportation in the city. It is a department of the Government of Dubai.
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History
RTA was established in 2005. It was launched by the Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE, and Emir of Dubai, Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum with the mission of developing integrated, sustainable and world-class transportation systems for residents of Dubai. In 2012, RTA's Dubai Metro was declared by Guinness World Records to be the world's longest fully automated driverless metro system with a route length of 75 kilometres (47 mi).
Administration system
The RTA is led by Director General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors, Mattar Mohamed Al Tayer. The administration is divided into six different agencies or departments, each of which have their own directors and CEOs.
Metro, buses and trams ridership
RTA is a sole public transportation service provider which includes the Dubai Metro, Dubai Tram, Abras, Dubai Bus, Dubai Water Bus, Water Taxi and Dubai Ferry along with Dubai Taxi and its authorized taxi companies.
RTA operates approximately 1,442 buses on 107 routes, carrying almost 7 million riders on roughly 179,000 trips a month by the bus service; however the Dubai Metro is a driverless, fully automated metro rail system installed ubiquitously throughout the city. All trains and stations are air conditioned and equipped with and platform edge screen doors. The metro is divided into two lines, Red and Green; both lines together recorded a ridership of 164.3 million in 2014 as compared to 137.759 million in 2013 and 109.491 million in 2012.
RTA launched a sophisticated automatic bus passenger counting system known as "Rasid" in 2015. The total ridership of Dubai’s public transport reached 531.350 million in 2014.
Services and technology
RTA uses one of the most advanced and smartest technologies in the world for residents of Dubai. It has officially launched a mobile app for all services mentioned below.