Fourteen major streets’ names in Abu Dhabi have been changed as part of the capital’s new addressing system. Some of the names are a tribute to iconic Emirati leaders’ names and others hold geographical significance. Street number six – popularly known as Al Najda Street – will now be renamed Fatima bint Mubarak Street. This …
In the coming weeks, we will all need to commit them to memory, especially when hailing a cab or giving directions for delivery. As part of the Onwani project to standardise the capital’s address system, 14 streets in Abu Dhabi were renamed last week. Gone from the maps are Muroor Road and Sixth Street, popularly …
New legislation is needed to govern the role of public-private partnerships in government departments, says Mattar Al Tayer, chairman and executive director of the Roads and Transport Authority. He and other RTA executives met yesterday with business experts who argued the Government needed a centralized unit to oversee all public-private partnerships (PPP). “I agree that …
Funding has been approved for four Department of Transport (DoT) projects by the Abu Dhabi Executive Council. They are the Mafraq-Ghweifat motorway to the Saudi border, the Dubai-Abu Dhabi motorway, a metro and light-rail transit system and the alleviation of Abu Dhabi’s traffic congestion. Further details about budgets, project design and completion dates have yet …
Almost six years after work began, Khalifa Street is once again connected to Airport Road, with six lanes of traffic now making its way through a ground-level tunnel beneath Central Market. Access in the congested city-center area has eased since the opening of a portion of Khalifa (Street 3) last week, leaving local residents and …
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Will Muroor Road be a car park by 2020? Will a visit to Marina Mall on a Friday mean an hour of maddening traffic? No one knows precisely what the future holds for Abu Dhabi’s transport network. But one thing is certain: there will be more cars unless steps are taken today. The reason? More …
The drivers of more than 340 unlicensed minibuses have been fined over the past year. Since the beginning of May last year, 346 vehicles were stopped and found to be illegally transporting passengers to areas off Abu Dhabi Island, including Shahamah, Al Shamkha and Baniyas. Each driver was fined Dh5,000 by Abu Dhabi’s traffic department. …
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Rogue minibus drivers and private unmarked taxis are heading for the end of the road. Tough regulations backed by a sophisticated tracking system are set to put them out of business. Offenders will face fines of up to Dh10,000 and up to 30 days in jail. “We have the legal authority to track them down …
New silver taxis will begin operating at the beginning of next month in Al Gharbia, Abu Dhabi’s western region. Fares will be the same as in Abu Dhabi city and Al Ain, the taxi regulator TransAD said. The minimum fare will be Dh3.50 during the day, 6am to 10pm, and Dh4 at night. The booking …
More cabs will be available in the city by the end of the year when 10 per cent of the 7,804 drivers adopt two shifts, said an official at Abu Dhabi’s taxi regulator, TransAD “We’ll have two drivers per taxi to maximize efficiency,” said Yousef Al Madani, director of the call center and customer service …