Roads & Transport Authority - Social Stewardship

RTA has launched the ninth edition of the Ajyal Summer Training Programme. The program is set to host 75 universities and 12th-grade levels students from RTA employees’ family members

RTA takes proactive and effective traffic measures in line with Dubai's Traffic Safety Strategy to help protect road users from traffic incidents in the emirate.

Dubai's Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) organised the 'Universities Fair 2024' under the theme 'A Culture of Continuous Learning', featuring nine prestigious entities

The Customer Council of Dubai's Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) recently met with traditional abras’ operators to explore improvement and innovation opportunities in the marine transport business.

RTA has organized a series of Eid Al Adha initiatives aimed to bring joy to people of determination, orphans, and senior citizens during this festive season.

Dubai's Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has carried out 50 community and volunteer initiatives, reaching over 5.235 million beneficiaries both within and outside the UAE in 2023.

The Ramadan Ration initiative 1445 Hijri / 2024 organised by the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) on 19 Ramadan benefited 2520 people.

Celebrating the Holy Month of Ramadan, Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) introduced a series of humanitarian and community-driven initiatives under the theme “Journey of Good”.

RTA’s Customers Council stressed the importance of RTA’s services to bus riders in Dubai. It reiterated RTA’s standing commitment to revamp these services to measure up to the needs of public transport riders.

The stand of Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) at the AccessAbilities Expo is seeing immense footfall. Visitors were interested to know more about the initiative of the Customer Happiness Centre on wheels for Senior Emiratis & People of Determination launched in 2020

RTA has been awarded a five-star rating from the British Safety Council in recognition of its adherence to standards and practices in occupational health and safety management across work environments, construction sites, and all operational activities.

RTA in Dubai recently conducted an extensive inspection campaign on 698 developer sites and free zones across the Emirate. The campaign's main objective was to monitor the occupation of the right-of-way, ensure compliance with regulations, and guarantee the safety of road users.

With ‘Safety and Environmental Sustainability’ being one of the key strategic goals, RTA in partnership with Keolis MHI and VirtuE Therapy and Research has implemented the third phase of trials of the use of A.I. Technology to assess Tram Drivers in real-time and ensure passenger safety.

His Excellency Mattar Al Tayer, Director General, Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) confirmed that the initial phase of the Intelligent Traffic System (ITS) expansion project, which was completed in November 2020, had expanded ITS coverage of Dubai’s main road network from 11% to 60%.

Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) is ramping up the awareness campaigns and inspections on the four RTA-approved operators of e-scooters. The campaigns were initiated at the start of the service rollout and are still on the go.

Launched in January 2019, the ‘Smart Safety License’ Programme from Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) trained 6270 employees of different nationalities, languages and demographics. The Programme covered RTA’s employees and contractors.

RTA has launched an inspection campaign around 27 metro stations. The campaign, which was coordinated with Dubai Municipality, aimed at monitoring abandoned bicycles around the metro stations.

The move is part of RTA’s standing commitment to streamlining the school transport practices, verifying the compliance of operators with the regulations in place, and implementing preventive measures to curb the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic while lifting students.

Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has upgraded the automated system for assessing the condition of roads, managing their maintenance and pavement to achieve the relevant strategic objectives.

RTA has launched a multi-event traffic outreach campaign in collaboration with a host of strategic partners. The campaign, which is focused on pedestrian safety and targets motorists, workers and students, is launched under the theme; ‘Because Your Life is Precious, Cross Safely.’

RTA has launched the 'nol Travel' discount card initiative, which provides users with various benefits related to public transport and taxi fare payments as well as parking fees in the Emirate.

Under the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, approved the ‘Dubai Quality of Life Strategy 2033’

Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), in collaboration with Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University (HBMSU), unveiled a training programme for female employees. This initiative is part of a broader collaboration with local educational institutions that take leading roles in offering leadership development training programmes.

RTA has unveiled a new badges’ system designed for field employees. This initiative aims to boost the performance of over 650 field employees encountering unique challenges.

RTA has completed Phase III of a project to retrofit its buildings and facilities to make them accessible and friendly for People of Determination in compliance with the standards of the ‘Dubai Building Code’.

In collaboration with Avaya, Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) launched a corporate learning platform powered by artificial intelligence at GITEX 2022. It aims to polish the skills of Call Centre employees

Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) announced the launch of 3rd Edition of Tamkeen (Empowerment) programme designed to attract fresh Emirati graduates from local and international universities and colleges in various academic specialisations.

Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) Youth Council has held an initiative entitled (Get Closer to Your CEO). It is one of the Council’s initiatives planned for 2021-2022, which aims to hold friendly meetings with the CEOs to promote transparency and direct communication between the senior management and youth

His Excellency Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General, Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) announced the launch of ‘Click and Drive’ initiative for reengineering customers' journeys to obtaining driver licenses.

RTA announced the launch of the Young Mobility Capabilities programme in September. The programme aims at grooming young Emiratis talents to work with RTA partners among top international companies to gain specialist knowledge and experience.