Tag: cabs
Dubai RTA reaches milestone of over a billion taxi riders
Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has indicated that the taxi fleet recorded an exponential growth from 81 to 5,201 vehicles, with the number...
UAE: Dubai’s Careem to remain independent despite Uber interest, says co-founder
Dubai-based ride-hailing app Careem will remain an independent, local company despite interest from Eastern and Western investors, such as US rival Uber and Chinese...
RTA to manage large-scale taxi operations with smart tech
Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) will introduce a new smart technology system that will help manage the supply and demand of taxis at...
How an international hero became a taxi driver in UAE Suresh...
When I flagged down a cab in the mad morning rush to keep a medical appointment, little did I know it would be a...
Dubai Taxi limo now available for booking via Uber app
RTA’s Dubai Taxi Corporation (DTC) has signed an agreement with Uber, a global provider of passenger transport services, enabling the booking of DTC limousines...
Dubai to Tesla, Google, Uber: Test your driverless cars here
Dubai wants Tesla, Google and Uber to test their driverless cars on its roads, a senior Road and Transport Authority (RTA) has said.
The emirate...
Dubai’s self-flying drone taxi in action
A self-flying drone taxi will begin transporting passengers around Dubai this summer. The head of Dubai's Road and Transport Authority said that self-flying taxis...
DTC achieves high rate in curbing taxi accidents in 2016
RTA’s Dubai Taxi Corporation (DTC) revealed that it had achieved a high indicator in reducing the rate of accidents sustained by its taxicabs in...
Uber studies low-cost cabs, carpooling, driverless taxis in Dubai
Dubai: Taxi riders in Dubai might soon get to experience Uber services available in other major cities across the world as the Roads and...
Speed cameras monitoring these UAE roads on Monday
In a bid to alert motorists and prevent any untowardly incident, the Abu Dhabi police on its Twitter handle has released details of roads...
