RTA to collect fines issued by Sharjah Municipality
Government of Dubai initiated another step for revenue generation, on the cost of other emirates, of course.
It is announced that fines issued by Sharjah Municipality on vehicles licensed by the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) will now be collected by the Dubai-based Authority.
The money collected will be transmitted electronically to the bank account of the municipality.
A large number of Sharjah residents work in Dubai and have registered their vehicles in Dubai.
An agreement has been signed to this effect at the RTA head office in Dubai by Ahmad Hashim Behroozian, CEO of RTA’s Licensing Agency, and Riyadh Abdullah Bin Al Ayyan, Deputy Director General of Sharjah Municipality.
Categories: Dubai Transport, Living in Dubai Tags: RTA, Sharjah
Optical Shops to offer Driving License renewal
Now you can renew your driving license while visiting an optician in Dubai.
Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has approved four optical shops for renewal of drivers’ licences as part of its effort to provide more options to customers.
The optical shops are Barakat Optical, Grand Optics, Magrabi Optical and Yateem Optician.
They have more than 50 centers combined across Dubai.
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UAE Nationals to get free parking permits
As insurgency is in the air of Arab world, UAE government is doing its best to keep the nationals calm and not getting excited about change.
Recently, RTA announced that UAE nationals who own properties within current paid parking zones in Dubai are to be given free permits.
The RTA said it has developed a parking fee exemption system (L category) for Emiratis who would be allocated free parking permits depending on the size of the property they own.
One permit would be issued to the occupant of a one- bedroom flat or studio, two permits would be issued for a two-bedroom flat and so one.
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Dubai in Future: Will you be allowed to own or drive a car?
The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) is planning a proposal to classify residents in categories of those who can be allowed to own or drive a car and those who are not.
As numb as it sounds, the idea is to reduce number of vehicles on road.
For now, low-paid professions such as domestic and farm workers are proposed to be exempted from owning a car.
Also under discussion is a plan to have separate road lanes for buses, trucks, cycles and motorcycles as well as more pedestrian crossings.
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Dubai Metro cutting jobs, reducing daily trains to trim costs
Apparently, Dubai Metro got into some financial fix less than two years after its inception. It has been reported that Dubai Rail Agency, parts of the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) is cutting jobs and reducing number of daily trains in order to trim costs.
Dubai’s Rail Agency believes it can save AED7.5m from it.
It said the same initiatives would apply to the Green Line of the rail system, which is due to launch in August, to achieve estimated savings of AED47m.
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RTA to issue Discounted Fare Cards
Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) announced that, effective March 15, 2011, students, senior citizens and people with special needs will be able to apply for the much awaited discounted fare cards to use public transport in Dubai.
“Special category passengers including school and university students, senior citizens and people with special needs will be able to apply for the special discounted fare cards through the Nol card portal www.nol.ae from March 15,” said Mohammad Al Mudharreb, Director of the Automated Fare Collection Department at the Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA).
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Cash starved Dubai to introduce new Salik Toll Gates
Although it is not officially declared by Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), word is on the streets that two new Salik toll gates are planned, brining the total number of toll gates in Dubai to 6.
Salik toll gates, which charge drivers AED4 each time they pass through, were launched in July 2007 under a plan to cut down congestion on Dubai’s roads.
The RTA last year earned around AED800m ($217m) from Salik, up from AED776m in 2009 and AED669m in 2008.
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