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The Official Monthly Magazine of Dubai`s RTA Issue No. 92 February 2016 The Official Monthly Magazine of Dubai`s RTA Issue No. 93 March 2016

Mohammed bin Rashid attends RTA’s ``Masar 2030`` lab

RTA wins the bestgovernment award

هيئة ُمبتِكرهHis Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President of the UAE, Prime Minister, and Ruler of Dubai, has taught us to always embrace the future in different sectors.

His Highness states: “The gates of future governments will not allow traditional ideas and outdated work methods to cross.» The government has to be proactive and innovative, compete with itself, does not wait or delay.” “Government work must focus on achieving results in the field that is reflected positively and effectively in people›s daily lives to reach the ultimate goal, which is the happiness of people.”

From his highness’s wise vision, the Dubai Roads and Transport Authority has taken the initiative of organizing a workshop entitled “RTA’s Masar 2030.” The workshop lasted six days and was honored by the presence of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President of the UAE, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai accompanied by His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohamed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Chairman of the Executive Council, and His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Mohamed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, who have attended several sessions, and recommendations that were the outcome of the workshop.

RTA’s goal from this lab was to establish an environment of creative thinking leading to a brighter future that includes coming up with innovative solutions to eliminate challenges faced by RTA in the next few years. The workshop hosted eight international experts and consultants from six countries who are specialized in RTA’s core business.

The main goal of this initiative was to discuss advanced solutions and developments witnessed in the field of transportation worldwide. It also aimed to guide plans for transportation in Dubai by specifying important elements to focus on in the next stage. This step helps RTA to put a fully integrated plan, including required projects and initiatives to address future challenges, and enhance Dubai’s international leadership position in the field of transportation, enriching the competitive environment to provide transportation systems and services with international standards, along with executing creative and innovative solutions to improve transportation in Dubai.

The workshop successfully set a roadmap to the next stage of development that led to adopting new and innovative approaches for mobility and transportation found in creative technical solutions to achieve full integration between urban and transportation planning, along with mass transportation systems. RTA will ensure transferring the concluded results and recommendations into actual projects and initiatives, and follow up the execution of these plans in the future.

Masar “Route” 2030

H.E. Mattar Al TayerDirector General and Chairman

of the Board of Executive Directors

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With participation of international experts from 6 countriesMohamed bin Rashid attends “RTA’s Masar 2030” labThe lab places a roadmap for developing RTA’s plan from 2020 to 2030

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With participation of international experts from 6 countriesMohamed bin Rashid attends “RTA’s Masar 2030” labThe lab places a roadmap for developing RTA’s plan from 2020 to 2030

His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE’s Vice President and Prime Minister, Ruler of Dubai, attended part of the Innovation Workshop organized by Dubai’s Road and Transportation Authority, in the presence of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohamed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Chairman of the Executive Council, along with His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Mohamed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. The workshop that was held in Royal Miraj Dubai hotel was titled “The Authority’s Route 2030”, and witnessed participation of international experts from 6 different countries who are specialized in transportation policies and legislation, along with urban planning and land usage, transportation economics, roads and traffic engineering, public and sustainable transportation, integration between transportation and communication systems, and smart transportation systems. In addition, the workshop was also attended by number of executive directors, general managers, and experts working in the authority.

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At the beginning, His Excellency Mattar

Al Tayer, Director- General and Chairman

of Executive Directors of Roads and

Transport Authority (RTA), briefed Sheikh

Mohamed about desired objectives to

get from this workshop that includes

enhancing Dubai’s global position in

the transport and communications

field, along with creating a competitive

environment that provides international

standards in transportation systems,

digging for creative and innovative

solutions to improve transportation

in Dubai, discussing most advanced

solutions and creative developments in


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this field around the globe, define most

important challenges that face Dubai in

this field, and choosing best innovative

solutions addressing these challenges.

His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin

Rashid Al Maktoum also had a look

at the primary results coming from

(Route 2030) laboratory, which

included achieving full integration

between mass transportation systems

elements, in addition to developing

congestion control center, managing

and processing data, and connecting

Dubai’s International Airport and Al

Maktoum International Airport using

fast buses in the short term, and rails

on the long term. Furthermore, these

results included facilitating pedestrians’

movement, and integration between

urban and transportation plans.

“RTA’s (Route 2030) workshop will

place a roadmap to the next stage that

specifies roads and transportation

infrastructure, in addition to new

innovative transportation systems and

creative trends in that field” Al Tayer

said, “This workshop will also specify

the innovative technical solutions, as

well as policies, legislations, marketing

and awareness campaigns, in addition

to initiatives that can be implemented in

the short term”.

While explaining, His Excellency Al

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International Experts

The list of experts who participated in this workshop included Mr. Todd Litman, President of Transportation Policies Institute in Canada, Mr. Bheem Brood Wars, Director General of MAPs planning company in Netherlands, Mr. Mike Giordano, CEO of WSP-PB, Dr. Michael Mayer, College Professor in the traffic field, Mr. Buru Dedich, Roads Designs Consultant, in addition to Mr. Charlie Hargroves , College Professor in Sustainable Transportation field, Mr. Derrick Palmer, Transportation Research Expertise, and Dr. Essam Qaisi, College Professor in Smart Systems field.

Tayer clarified that RTA has briefed the

attending experts about the current

situation before their arrival, along with

some policies and future plans that RTA

is intending to execute during the next

stage. The program consisted of field

visits along with workshops divided

on 6 days. The first day started with

presentations about current situation


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with a visit to buses and taxis control

centers while exploring buses and taxis

usage. Second day witnessed a visit to

Dubai Metro and Dubai Tram’s control

centers while exploring the metro’s and

tram’s usage.

During the third day, experts took a

helicopter tour and visited traffic control

systems centers, in addition to a tour

in Dubai’s streets using vehicles during

rush hours. On the fourth day, experts

provided their opinions and notes about

Dubai, and shared best practices within

their fields. They also held workshops

to discuss best practices in solving

traffic problems. The fifth day had a

workshop to specify the most important

challenges facing Dubai’s transportation,

and a second one to propose best

practices addressing those challenges.

The final day was dedicated to experts’

presentations as they introduced a

roadmap to develop RTA’s plan from

2020 through 2030, which included

adopting some existing solutions in the

current plan, along with new creative

innovative solutions.

First of all, thank you very

much to RTA and ADL for

inviting me back to Dubai.

I’ve noticed a tremendous

change since I was 20

years ago. A great progress

has been made, great

challenges lie ahead, not

only for Dubai, but also for

all major cities in the world

and I know that Dubai has

a tremendous ambition,

not only to be a smart city

in future, but also to be a

world city as well.

Derek Palmer:

I’m a consultant, as you know, we

have directions given to us or orders

and apply those and do the task, but

in this workshop, this innovation lab,

we work together in teams I work with

RTA and ADL focusing and putting

together this effort of arranging in

a very short time frame the ability

to obtain a tremendous amount

of ideas for how to move forward,

because what you are asking for here

is a paradigm shift away from just

increasing capacity of roadways and

interchanges and allowing for more

movement of people, not just cars, so

again thank you for this opportunity.

Boro Pedeitch:

In one of my academic as well as consulting experience, I really haven’t seen

any process that has involved so much engagement from the client side and so

much commitment from everybody who is on board from His Excellency the

Chairman to all CEOs to all the directors; everybody was so top supportive and

engaged; it is really unique. My second comment regarding the process is a fact

that like every other process you need to revisit after a certain period of time, so

basically what we have done today, even though, we are all very happy with the

outcome. I think the success of all of what has been done now is in the following

up, as His Excellency said, and I think it is mandatory upon us to be part of this

review, so, we as experts, are ready at any point that you would like us to come

back and check on what has been accomplished in terms of developing these

ideas, moving them forward, checking how they are being accomplished, that

will be definitely an honor to us to do. Regarding content again, my observation

and everybody’s observation is that we have focused a lot on moving people,

on mobility of people, which is of course excellent. We came up with very good

ideas.

Isam Kaysi:

The goal is to move more people

and make it comfortable and that’s

why walking and cycling and public

transport become more important;

the land use strategies. I think the next

step is going to be the development

of organizational structure, so for

example, a lot of we talked about is

transportation demand management

and that’s just words. Your challenge is

to find ways to create the institutional

structure for doing things, like

pedestrian planning, PT promotion

and I trust seeing how effectively

and quickly RTA can get things done.

I trust the next time I come back I

will be further amazed of what you

accomplished.

Todd Litman:

The development of traffic management

center. We’ve seen what’s been on metro

and tram and roads as well. All agreed

there could be further developments

with a big challenge, because when we

look at traffic management center that

we have been developing in the last

10-15 years all over Europe and all over

the world, they focus very much on the

vehicles and cars and I think when start

developing a new traffic management

center, it’s really an opportunity to focus

more on the driver, as he is moving from

A to B, he is making decisions, so setting

up a new traffic management system or

center, it would be very nice and good

idea.

Wim Broeders:

Experts, Innovation Lab

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I looked upon my professional career

and I think I’ve attended 500 or 600

conferences, workshops and symposia all

my life. Never before have I been able to

she hand of the ruler of the country after

given a presentation, never before has

the chief decision maker stood up and

said “here the things we’re gonna do” “do

up.” It’s been a very pleasant experience

to hear allot to experience that. Quite

frankly, I’m also very pleasantly surprised

that the RTA staff has been willing to

accept ideas that are somewhat outside

of their normal mandate, for example,

we’ve tried to by affordable housing , but

I’m sorry we don’t do that bother, maybe

we should think about it, I thought for

when I first stood up and said: “you

should extend the metro to Sharjah,”

and people oh, you go away what you

are talking about. But, people has always

thought about that as a possibility, so

perception is that you’ve been more than

willing to think of ideas and concepts

that, in fact, many of you have or have

not thought about before, but are willing

to express publically.

Michael Meyers:

We have the opportunity to have

very similar conversations in other

countries with other agencies and

I’ve been very struck by the level

of professionalism and the level of

education of the RTA staff, every

single person that I’ve met I have

really enjoyed meeting a lot of staff,

very professional, very competent,

very dedicated to the work. We found

the capacity is outstanding. You are in

a workshop and you starting to know

a bit of tension and a bit of energy.

We have that connection rather

than just coming to the workshop. I

remember I fly in, stay in a workshop,

don’t know anybody, people are very

separate. By the time we came here,

the day four, the people are very

closed and we know some of each

other’s names and we are able to

have some respect in conversations,

which allowed a deeper level of

interrogation of topics rather to be

more honest , more direct about

what is happening, we had that

relationship, which is really fantastic.

Charlie Hargroves:

Without a doubt, this week‘s probably

been the best week I’ve had in my entire

career. I was here first time around 25 years

ago, when I was still a young man and I

remember standing at the world trade

center building and trying to figure out

how I would place the origin destination

post to capture some of the traffic leaving

Dubai and going on to another emirate

to stand there once again yesterday, its

unbelievable achievement, incredible and

that’s why we have the conference. Now, I

think that the RTA will activate some these

actions and I know a fact that change will

occur, there is absolutely no doubt about it.

I’ve been involved in many many strategic

urban plans, but most of them are on the

shelf and maybe revisited after three or

four years. I know for a fact that this will

not happen in Dubai. I’d like to thank the

RTA as well for the openness, the freedom

and the dynamic into action. With all the

experts, I think this has really helped us

and supported us in exploring some of the

views, the objectives, the actions and the

outcomes that we’ve tried to achieve while

we have been here this week.

Mike Jordano:


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RTA wins best smart application in the transport and infrastructure sector

Mohammed bin Rashid honors winners of the best government services on smart phones during WGS

His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President of UAE, Prime Minister, and Ruler of Dubai, has honored winners of the 3rd annual awards ceremony for best government ser-vices on smartphones on the national, Arabic, and international levels. The awards ceremony was attended by His Highness Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohamed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council, and was held from 8th to 10th of February 2016 in Dubai’s Jumaira City with the slogan “Foreseeing Future Governments”.

officials from different countries is what

doubled our joy”, he added, “RTA is hon-

ored to receive this prestigious award

from His Highness Sheikh Maktoum

bin Mohamed bin Rashid Al Maktoum,

Deputy Ruler of Dubai, and Chairman

of Dubai Executive Council, and we are

tar Al Tayer, Director- General and Chair-

man of Executive Directors of Roads and

Transport Authority (RTA).

Pleased by this honorable victory, His Ex-

cellency expressed “The presence of His

Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Rashid

Al Maktoum surrounded by leaders and

Dubai Roads and Transport Authority was

awarded with the best m-government

service on the national level in transport

and infrastructure sector for its smart

application, where His Highness Sheikh

Mohamed bin Rashid Al Maktoum pre-

sented the award to His Excellency Mat-

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RTA wins best smart application in the transport and infrastructure sector

Mohammed bin Rashid honors winners of the best government services on smart phones during WGS

proud that we received this award during

of transforming this governmental sum-

mit into a world summit”.

Al Tayer added: “winning means more

responsibility. It adds additional chal-

lenges as we now have to develop smart

services that would exceed our custom-

ers’ expectations, with the happiness of

people as our main goal.”

His Excellency noted that RTA has man-

aged to transform all kinds of provided

services into smart applications that are

innovative and easy to use.

RTA celebrated winning the award of best m-gov-ernment service on the national level, as His Excel-lency Mattar Al Tayer, Director- General and Chair-man of Executive Directors of Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), along with executive managers, and head of departments cut the celebration cake of this memorable occasion. Al Tayer praised the efforts of all RTA’s employees with their insistence to always excel in their work. He also praised the team effort, and encouraged the spirit of creativity and innovation in RTA’s work envi-ronment.

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AED7.6 billion is RTA’s Budget in 2016Revenues hit AED7.5 billion & AED3.9 for the Operational Budget

“The aggregate anticipated revenues for

this year amount to AED7.5 billion mark-

ing a 14% increase over last year’s budg-

et. The approved Infrastructure projects

budget is estimated as AED3.696 billion,

which would be allocated for construct-

ing 55 projects comprising 12 new road

projects and 43 projects currently under-

way,” explained Al Tayer.

“37% of the budget would be allocated

to the Rail Agency, 31% to the Traffic &

Roads Agency, 10% to Public Transport

Agency, 4% to Licensing Agency, and 18%

to supporting sectors at RTA,” he noted.

“This year, RTA is set to complete con-

struction works for a number of projects

currently under underway, and under-

take new ones. Among the key projects

to be completed this year is the Dubai

Water Canal project, which would be

fully complete by the end of this year, as

well as the Union Museum Project, Im-

provement of Wafi Interchange Project,

Improvement of Umm Al Sheef and Lat-

HE Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), revealed that the total expenditure budget approved for RTA in 2016 amounted to AED7.609 billion comprising an Operational Budget in the order of AED3.913 billion, and an Infrastructure Projects Budget estimated as AED3.696 billion.

In an effort to enhance RTA’s global standingRTA to sponsor the 4th World Government Summit 2017


ifa bint Hamdan Roads Junc-

tion with the Sheikh Zayed

Road Project, Improvement

of Dubai International Airport

Junctions Project, Improve-

ment of Al Shandagha Hub

Project, Improvement of Al

Wasl & Jumeirah Roads Pro-

ject, Entries of Al Awir Road &

International City Project, and

the Cycling & Running Tracks

Project (covering multiple ar-

eas of Dubai). The new pro-

jects are: Widening of Latifa bint Ham-

dan Road Project, Parallel Roads Project, Improvement of the 7th Interchange

of Sheikh Zayed Road Project, and Im-

provement of Seih Assalam Road Project

(Phase II),” said Al Tayer.

The agreement was signed by His High-

ness Mohamed bin Abdulla Al Gergawi,

Minister of Cabinet Affairs, along with

the head of the summit and sponsors

representatives, and, His Excellency

Mattar Al Tayer, Director- General and

Chairman of Executive Directors of

Roads and Transport Authority (RTA),

has signed the agreement on behalf

of RTA. “There is no better platform

to showcase RTA other than the WGS,

where the World Government Summit

2017 is considered a part of continuous

efforts to enhance RTA’s standing at the

global stage.” He added, “WGS has be-

come the most important global event

for shaping the future, enhancing co-

operation between public and private

sectors, and developing visionary &

creative solutions for an array of com-

mon challenges facing governments

worldwide.”

“The World Government Summit is an

important platform for debating and

sharing ideas in a bid to step up the per-

formance efficiency across the board.

Over the past years, the RTA had em-

barked on boosting cooperation and

partnership with a number of global

organizations. In this regard it has made

an agreement with the International

Association of Public Transport (UITP)

whereby MENA Centre for Transporta-

tion Excellence has been established,

and the MENA Transportation Congress

& Exhibition is being held in Dubai bien-

nially for ten years,” he added.

Al Tayer said in collaboration with the

Dubai Electricity & Water Authority,

Emaar Properties, and the PMI, The RTA

held the Dubai International Project

Management Forum; the second edition

which has witnessed the launch of the

Hamdan Bin Mohammed Project Man-

agement Innovation Award.

“The Award, which carries a purse of

US$550,000, aims at identifying, reward-

ing, motivating, and promoting innova-

tion in project management. This can

best be realized through develop-

ing an innovative project management

methodology, providing databases com-

prising the best practices & business

models of project management, setting

up a platform for sharing innovative

ideas, and offering training on project

management skills,” explained Al Tayer.

His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President of UAE, Prime Minister, and Ruler of Dubai, in presence of Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohamed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, Chairman of Dubai Executive Council, has witnessed contract signing ceremony between World Government Summit and sponsors of the 5th summit to be held in 2017.

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Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Dubai Crown Prince and Chairman of the Executive Council, His Highness Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of Dubai Civil Aviation Authority, Chairman and Chief Executive of the Emir-ates Airline & Group and Chairman of the Dubai Airports, awarded the winners of the 8th Dubai Award for Sustainable Transport (DAST) 2015. The Award is one of the key initiatives developed by the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) to leverage the public and private sectors to contribute to alleviating the traffic congestion, and conserving the environment.

Sponsored by Hamdan bin MohammedAhmed bin Saeed honors winners of the

8th DAST awards


Upon arrival at the premises of the cer-

emony held at the Dubai World Trade

Center, HE Mattar Al Tayer, Director-Gen-

eral and Chairman of the Board of Execu-

tive Directors of the RTA, and a host of

Directors of public and private entities

received His Highness.

His Highness and attendees then

watched a video about DAST focusing on

the efforts of the Emirate in conserving

the environment & natural resources,

and implementing the principles of sus-

tainable development, considering its

pivotal role in shaping the future and

welfare of human beings.

After that, His Excellency Maurice

Cheung, Director of European Business

at the MTR Corporation cum President

of the UITP Asia-Pacific Region, deliv-

ered a speech where he paid tribute to

the great achievements made by the

UAE in general and Dubai in particular in

road networks infrastructure and trans-

port systems, which are viewed as a role

model to follow in the region.

Mr. Cheung reviewed the challenges

facing urban transport including cities

expansion, increased demand for city

transport, traffic congestion and carbon

emissions. He pointed out that many cit-

ies had insufficient transport systems

that needed renovation, whereas some

cities had advanced public transport sys-

tem with increased usage of private ve-

hicles. Other cities had public transport

system with high rates of public trans-

port ridership, cycling and walking, while

other cities strived to achieve integration

between public transport modes in order

to reduce private vehicles usage.

“Hong Kong was ranked first according

to the UITP Urban Mobility Index, where

public transport is the main public tran-

sit mode. The Hong Kong public trans-

port system is characterized by its low

carbon emissions, compared to pollution

rates in the United States of more than

5,000 kg per capita, 2,000 kg per capita

in Japan, just over 1000 kg per capita in

London, and just under 1000 kg in Am-

sterdam, Copenhagen and Hong Kong,”

added Mr. Cheung

Mr. Cheung highlighted the importance

of investment in urban mobility infra-

structure, and the need to reshape the

political agenda to make a paradigm shift

in public practices and sustainability, be-

sides creating integration between mass

transport modes to provide premium

services to customers. He also pointed

out to the integration between transport

and land usage by constructing residen-

tial and office complexes above and near

metro stations, besides adopting the

principle of transit-oriented real estate

development, and increasing urban den-

sity around mass transit stations.

Winners FelicitatedHis Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed

Al Maktoum, accompanied by His Excel-

lency Mattar Al Tayer, then awarded the

winners of various categories. The Dubai

Electricity & Water Authority (DEWA)

emerged as the winner of the Mobility

Management category for an initiative of

lifting employees on mass transit buses,

which contributed to reducing the use

of private vehicles, and encouraging in-

dividuals to use public transport means.

The initiative has also succeeded in curb-

ing traffic accident hazards in a vital place

such as power generation plants, reduc-

ing carbon emissions to the equivalence

of growing 30 thousand trees, and easing

the traffic on Dubai roads by as much as

7740 vehicles per month.

The Department of Transport (DOT) in

Abu Dhabi was the runner-up for launch-

ing Abu Dhabi Transportation Mobility

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Management Implementation Program in

Jan 2014 in continuation of the Mobility

Movement Management initiative rolled

out by the DOT in 2011. The program is

considered one of the most comprehen-

sive projects of its kind worldwide, and

sets out ambitious objectives for realizing

long-term results for Abu Dhabi residents,

employees and visitors. It is a combination

of procedures designed to reshape & af-

fect the daily mobility patterns of people,

while focusing on promoting & supporting

the sustainable mobility options for final

users with a view to reducing reliance on

private vehicles. ETA ASCON Group finished

third for an initiative entitled: Transport Ex-

cellence. Al-Murjan Kindergarten was the

winner in the category of Transport Safety

for an initiative entitled (The safety of Al-

Murjan blooms an ultimate goal of all).

Kids were trained on etiquettes of traffic,

safety rules when boarding the bus, seat-

ing in the bus and observing no standing,

no playing during the journey, and conduct-

ing properly with bus attendants. Al Otaiba

General Transport LLC came second in this

category for an initiative named: Road Haz-

ard Control through Buses and Drivers. The

Emirates Authority for Standardization and

Metrology was third for an initiative to raise

the safety of buses lifting less than 22 rid-

ers through compliance with additional re-

quirements such as fitting seats with head

cushions, fitting all vehicles with ABS brak-

ing systems, prohibiting the placing of extra

seats in the isle, observing a distance of at

least 300 millimeters between seats, and

fitting buses with less than 22 seats with

RTA-approved speed limiters conforming to

the requirements of the UAE model.

EnvironmentHis Highness also honored the winners of

Preservation of Environment award where

Emirates Gas LLC was the winner for an

initiative named: Compressed Natural Gas

(CNG). The initiative envisages provision


of CNG to potential customers as an envi-

ronmentally friendly and clean alternative

automotive fuel EMGAS undertook pro-

moting the use of CNG as green alternate

transportation fuel in the Emirate of Dubai.

This includes setting up infrastructure for

dispensing CNG in Dubai, helping CNG cus-

tomers for certified conversion of vehicles

as well as carrying out trials with potential

customers to convince them on benefits

of CNG clearly detailing the environmental

benefits. Emirates Gas pioneered a mobile

CNG Dispensing unit to help potential Cus-

tomers in their decision to convert their

vehicle fleet to CNG. Imdaad was second

for a project about sustainable fleet man-

agement. TNT Express LLC was third for Bio-

diesel initiative. TNT rolled out the project

to reduce emissions from the diesel fleet

and provide alternative use of used cook-

ing oil through using biodiesel B5. In June

2013, a pilot study was conducted to know

the vehicles performance while using B5.

Full roll out commenced June 2014 and

now 95 per cent of diesel consumed is B5.

The project contributed to reducing carbon

emission from the fleet, ensuring the safe

use of used cooking oils, minimizing the op-

erational costs of diesel-power vehicles in

fleet, supporting initiatives relating to using

alternative fuels, and playing a pioneering

role in encouraging other entities to con-

serve the environment.

In the mobility of the disabled, the Future

Centre for Special Needs was first for an

initiative named: Each child needs suit-

able transit means. The initiative charts out

tailor-made plans for each student starting

from the boarding of the school bus until

disembarkation. It also includes devices,

aides and communication means to suit

each student, and providing a suitable envi-

ronment on board the bus to maximize the

safety of the disabled students. No entries

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were made for the second and third place.

School transport

The Emirates Transport took the first place

in the school transport category for the

Smart System for Students Safety in School

Buses Initiative. The initiative includes

three sub-initiatives that ensure the world’s

best practices in technological and smart

procedures, as well as regulations, poli-

cies, legislation, and infrastructure, besides

qualifying human resources and ensuring

communal responsibility in order to devel-

op school bus system and provide the best

methods in students’ security and protec-

tion. The system aims to provide a safe and

comfortable transport system for students

to bring the school-transportation-related

accidents to zero. The system is also de-

signed to improve service in keeping with

the drive and strategy of the UAE govern-

ment to achieve excellence in providing the

best services to the populace and make

them happy. The system takes into account

the highest international standards adopt-

ed in school transport safety, traffic safety,

protection of lives and property by taking

precautions to prevent accidents and hu-

man or material loss. The Gulf Indian High

School in Dubai took the second place for

the Sustainable and Innovative Transporta-

tion Project of providing Buses for Students

and Community, and Using Clean and Re-

newable Energy Sources, while third place

prize had been withheld.

In Smart Apps, the General Directorate of

Residency and Foreigners’ Affairs in Dubai

won the first place for the e-service resi-

dence system, which is part of the UAE

Vision Project encompassing all electronic

services. The system enables companies

to submit and process their transactions

around the clock transactions including is-

suing & renewing passports, changing oc-

cupation and status. The Dubai Ports World

ranked second for the Smart System Initia-

tive to Facilitate Entry of Trucks to Jebel Ali

Port through External Gates. The system

contributed to reducing errors related to lo-


gistic procedures to less than 2%, and slash-

ing traffic congestion on streets around the

port, internal roads, external and internal

gates of Jebel Ali Port. The system also con-

tributed to ensuring smooth flow of trucks

through Jebel Ali Port internal external

gates, besides enabling customers and in-

terested parties to track their transaction

progress gradually, not to mention paper-

work elimination. The third place prized

had been withheld.

Media CoverageHis Highness also awarded winners of the

Special Awards. Ms. Hanadi Abu Nemeh,

from the Emarat Al Youm daily, and Mr.

Shafaat Shahbandari, from the Gulf News,

shared the Best Media Coverage award of

DAST. Such coverage highlighted the key

ingredients stressed by the Award namely

encouraging mass transport, conserving

the environment, and improving the safe-

ty of transit means. In the Best Academic

Research category, Iad Mohammed Sah-

noon, Abdullah Mohammed Shanableh

and Khaled Ibrahim Hamad from the Uni-

versity of Sharjah won the Best Research

Award entitled (Masar Hamzat). In the Best

Student Project Award, the Technical Sec-

ondary School won the first position for

the Magnetic Levitation Train project sub-

mitted by Hamad Khamis Al Busaidi, Ham-

dan Khaled Al Masaabi and Saeed Khalid

Al Hajri. The magnetic track system has

many positives highlighted by the reduced

reliance on electric power in powering the

metro by more than 80% compared to oth-

er transit means. It is also characterized by

high speed, high safety and low costs of pe-

riodic maintenance. Khalifa University took

the second place, for Smart Parking Facility

Project presented by students Mira Saeed

Al Yamahi, Lamia Hassan Al Hammadi, Hind

Abdullah Al Humairi, and Dana Abdullah Al

Muhairi. The project highlights a building

using smart parking technology, which con-

tributes to creating a large number of car

parking slots. Student Ramiz Omar Abdul

Sattar from Manipal University came third

in the Best School Student Project Catego-

ry. In the Most Popular Transit Mode, Indi-

vidual Category, Dubai emirate, ‘Kokkatar

Chacko Thomas, Najeeb Cheman Basher,

Deepak Sunberdas Bhatia, Ramachandran

Shetty, Hary Ram Bhandary were all hon-

ored with prizes.

HH also honoured institutions and sponsors

of the eighth Edition of DAST, and the Judg-

es Panel, headed by Essa Abdul Rahman Al

Dosari.

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Hamdan bin Mohamed approves RTA’s new organizational structure

Pursuant to the Resolution, RTA’s Direc-

tor General and Chairman of the Board

of Executive Directors are authorized to

issue any resolutions required to imple-

ment articles of this new Resolution, in-

cluding approval of the authorities and

responsibilities of organizational units

and departments.

Further to the issue of the new Resolu-

tion, the Executive Council Resolution No

(13) of 2010 on RTA Organizational Struc-

ture is considered null. Resolution No (1)

of 2016 also annuls any other legislation

that contradicts or challenges its articles.

This Resolution is valid from the date of

issuance and will be published in the Of-

ficial Gazette.

Under these new amendments, the In-

stitutional Technical Services will include

Automated Collection Systems, Smart

Services, and Facilities Management, in

addition to Information Technology and

Strategic and Governance Technologies.

Furthermore, the institutional support

services will take in Marketing and In-

stitutional communications manage-

ment, finance, customer service, along

with administrative services, human

resources, and purchasing and contract

management.

The new Institutional Strategy and Gov-

ernance sector will contain 6 depart-

ments including: Asset and Property

Management, Safety and Risks organi-

zation and planning, legal department,

strategic planning, and Institutional per-

Dubai Crown Prince and Chairman of the Dubai Executive Council His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has issued Executive Council Resolution No (1) of 2016 approv-ing the new organizational structure of Dubai’s Road and Transport Authority (RTA).

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The approved structure will conjoin Training and

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Furthermore, according to the new structure, the Traf-

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Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has revealed the findings of the 2nd Dubai International Project Management Forum (DIPMF) organized under the theme of “Project Management Supports Innovation.” The event was held under the patronage of HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Dubai Crown Prince and Chairman of the Executive Council, and opened by HH Sheikh Mansour bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. This edition was kindly sponsored by Dubai Holding, Falconcity of Wonders, Wade Adams, Parsons, Kanoo Group, Madinat Jumeirah, Etihad Rail, and Systra Company.

Included management of knowledge, leadership, innovation and corporate projectsUnveiling the findings & recommendations of 2nd DIPMF

Ms. Laila Faridoon, Executive Director of the Office of the Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors, cum Chairperson of the Organizing Committee of the Forum, said: “The success of the 2nd DIPMF had been reflected by the intense participation from all over the globe including international speakers, business leaders, discussion panels, and quality lectures. The event concluded to a host of key recommendations and findings aimed to support and enrich the concept of project management in the UAE and

the region.“Recommendations of the Forum focused on a host of key topics namely: leadership, innovation, knowledge management, and corporate project management. As regards leadership, the Forum recommended that the role of the leader is to unleash innovative ideas amongst work teams, nurture a working environment conducive to innovation by promoting corporate innovation, and staging tailor-made projects to hone the skills of project patrons considering them an integral

part of projects success. The leader has also got to be involved in the detailed project management, pay occasional visits to work sites to meet the working team, and gain access to diverse sources of information.“As for innovation, the Forum stressed that adopting a flexible project management approach is the optimal model for managing innovation projects, besides focusing on obtaining an added value rather than a try and error method. It was also stressed here that corporate entities must develop a clear-cut definition


of innovation and link it with project management. Recommendations called for the corporate development of innovation, and the dissemination of knowledge to encourage employees to engage in positive practices of project management. Corporate entities were also urged to step up partnerships with research units, societies and universities to align their practices with the latest scientific developments and research findings,” explained Faridoon.Regarding the management of corporate projects, Faridoon said: “The Forum concluded that realizing benefits has to be part & parcel of success perimeters of projects, and accordingly there must be a well-defined regulatory framework to assess these deliverables in an objective and standardized manner. Recommendations must include setting standards for measuring the maturity of corporate projects, extent of learning, and degree of innovation. Entities have to chart out well-defined

procedures for tracking projects through Project Management Offices rather than merely conducting project management procedures. Additionally, entities have to accord significant attention to coordination between projects and operations to achieve bigger successes.“The findings underscore the global attention to the DIPMF, which attracts elite representatives of business

The 2nd DIPMF comprised 33 sessions including 5 key speeches, 5 discussion panels, 18 concurrent sessions, and 5 workshops. These events constituted a 13% rise on events held in 2014 edition.The 2nd DIPMF attracted 54 keynote speakers, and more than 1400 delegates from 28 countries, reflecting 17% increase when compared to 2014 edition.The success rate assessed by attendants of the Forum was 8.2 out of 10.

industries worldwide. RTA would make every endeavor to realize these recommendations in order to advance the concept of project management in Dubai that is viewed as a key component of strategic projects in the region and beyond. These recommendations would also serve as a prelude for the third edition of the event to be held later this year 2016,” concluded Faridoon.

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“Read more” adopts the boards of knowledgeAl Tayer & Bin Huwaireb launch Knowledge Chair & Public Transport Library

Al Tayer and Bin Huwaireb inspected

the Knowledge Chair; a mini library

comprising an array of superb recent

publications in several fields such

as management, innovation, child

stories, and novels. Books are placed in

circular shelves with a chair placed in

the center. RTA is the first government

entity to own five knowledge chairs in

collaboration with the MBRF. Chairs

will be distributed at three locations;

two chairs at Rashidiya and Abu Hail

Bus Stations, two chairs at customers’

service centers at Umm Al Romool and

Al Barsha, and one chair at the premises

HE Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), and HE Jamal bin Huwaireb, Managing Director of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation (MBRF), have launched the Knowledge Chair initiative at RTA’s Customer Service Center, Umm Al Romool, and the Public Transport Library at the Emirates Metro Station. Events took place as part of the 2nd edition of the Read More initiative staged by RTA in line with the directives of HH Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, as endorsed by the Council of Ministers chaired by HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President, Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, designating 2016 as The Year of Reading. This initiative fits with the Arabic Reading Challenge launched by HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum to encourage the youth across the Arabic world to read more; engaging more than one million students to read more than 50 million books during their academic year.


of Public Transport Agency, Muhaisna.

Al Tayer and Bin Huwaireb were briefed

by Ms. Moaza Al Marri, Director of RTA

Marketing & Corporate Communication,

on the Knowledge Chair, which had been

designed and manufactured such that

it can be shifted to several locations

in order to broaden the benefit of the

initiative in encourage people to read

more. They were also shown a rare

volume of poetic collections of the

famous Arab poet Al Mutanabbi traced

back to the eleventh Hijri century. It is a

golden copy with fine floral decorations

written in the Al Naskh calligraphy.

Transportation Library

Al Tayer and Bin Huwaireb then inspected

the Public Transport Library at Emirates

Dubai Metro Station; one of two libraries

provided by the RTA (the other will be

at the First Gulf Bank Metro Station).

It comprises books in Arabic & English

where metro riders can borrow books

and return them at any metro station for

others to read. A barcode will be posted

at the metro carriages to encourage

metro riders to read in transit using

their smart phones. The Public Transport

Library enables metro riders to engage in

supporting the library with books placed

in a special box beside the library, and

a team will attend to distributing them.

The first batch of books contains short

stories, simplified classical stories to

make them accessible for everyone to

take and read a book in one day.

“The second edition of Read More

initiative comprises five mini initiatives;

two are undertaken in cooperation with

the MBRF, one is Public Transport Library,

and the second is Knowledge Chair. The

third focuses on supporting school &

public libraries at Hatta with books in

administrative fields, self-improvement,

and short stories among others in

cooperation with the Knowledge Section,

RTA Development and Corporate

Development Department. The fourth

initiative comprises a host of audio

stories and coordination is in hand with

a number of prominent media personnel

to record stories in a variety of languages

(Arab, English, Urdu, and Malayalam)

to be posted in social media channels.

The RTA will donate the audio copies to

the Emirates Association for the Blind

in support of this segment. The fifth

initiative is a short story writing contest

to encourage students in schools and

universities to write short awareness

stories the contents of which are being

specified in collaboration with RTA

Traffic Department. The winning stories

will be selected and published in RTA’s

Salama magazine where winners will get

valuable prizes,” stated Moaza.

Fostering Future Generation

Al Tayer was thrilled with the initiatives

under the second edition of Read More

saying: “Through its social responsibility,

the RTA is keen to promote the culture of

reading amongst community members

in general and students in particular

in order to further and broaden their

intellectual perception and fill their free

time with useful activities.

“The RTA opted to focus on school and

varsity students as they are tomorrow’s

generation and we are keen to start

sensitizing children, who are still shaping

their talents & cultural aptitudes, with

environmental sustainability issues,

and public transport. This will enable us

foster an educated generation capable

of influencing its community. We also

aim at nurturing a new pattern of

unusual habits such as reading, scientific

innovation, forging new partnerships

and cooperating with all bodies for a

better future,” added Al Tayer.

“The Knowledge Chair initiative

launched by the MBRF in cooperation

with the RTA in Dubai is in line with the

directives of HH Sheikh Mohammed bin

Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and

Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler

of Dubai, to offer seamless support to

reading & knowledge. It also echoes

the objectives of the MBRF aimed at

diffusing knowledge and nurturing

generations capable of owning and

applying knowledge for the benefit of

communities,” said Jamal bin Huwaireb,

Managing Director of the MBRF.

“The initiative aims at embedding

the culture of knowledge amongst all

community segments and effectively

contributing to nurturing a generation

educated in all fields, rendering reading

a key daily life activity. The initiative also

supports the idea of reading in public

places and the optimal use of the transit

time,” he further added.

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