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RTA starts two bus routes to Tecom free zones
Dubai’s Road and Transport Authority (RTA) has announced two new bus routes –Route 83 and Route 85 — that will connect Tecom free zones Dubai Internet City (DIC), Dubai Media City (DMC) and Dubai Knowledge Village (DKV) to Karama and Discovery Gardens respectively. The buses operating on the new routes can cut down the commuting time for office-goers within the free zones by almost 50 per cent. The timings of the two bus routes take into account the peak hours.
Dubai Taxi offers Umrah trip to 45 distinguished cabbies
The Dubai Taxi Corporation (DTC), Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), has recently offered a Umrah trip to 45 outstanding cabdrivers (first batch) in the context of its objectives to improve drivers’ satisfaction rating, and boost the psychological and social atmosphere, which contributes to raising the operational efficiency and attaining higher customer satisfaction.
Dubai taxi driver’s spotless record wins accolades
Dubai Over the past 15 years that Subhan Abdul Rahman has been behind the wheels of the Dubai Taxi Corporation’s cabs, he has caused no accident, received no traffic fine and has had zero customer complaints. He’s also generated fairly high revenues.
Dubai hikes taxi charges
Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has hiked the minimum charges of prebooking a taxi during peak hours by more than 65 per cent. Taxi drivers welcome the move and said it will help reduce the misuse of the pre-booking facility. Starting April 15, 2012 the minimum fare of all pre-booked cab service in Dubai will go up from Dh6 to Dh10.
DTC, Al Dobowi sign deal for supply of Korean tyres
The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), represented by the Dubai Taxi Corporation (DTC), has recently signed a contract with Al Dobowi for the supply of South Korean’s Hankook Tyres for taxicabs. The contract runs for two years subject to renewal, and the approximate contracted value for the first year is AED 10,558,195.
The Crazy, Broke Taxicabs of Dubai
“Drivers work 12 hours, seven days a week because we consider them partners, not employees,” says Metro Taxi’s Murraih Ibrahim. This is how the firm justifies raking in cash for anything from tire repairs to license plate registration. He adds that technically the drivers have a salary, but they don’t actually get paid.
RTA to offer more M-code plates through online auction
The Licensing Agency at the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) is poised to release of new distinguished plates from code M in its next 11th edition of Number Plates Online Auction, scheduled to be held over three days starting from Feb.21.
Dubai drives to stop illegal private car-lift services
Ahmed Al Hamadi, Acting CEO of Dubai Transport Corporation (DTC), said: Motorists caught offering such service will be fined Dh5,000. Second-time offenders will be fined Dh10,000. And those who commit the offence twice in a year will be handed over to the police and deportated.”
