UAE | Traffic and Transport
More bus, taxi lanes in Deira from April
Phase two includes Naif and Al Ittihad
- By Ashfaq Ahmed, Chief Reporter
- Published: 00:00 January 23, 2011
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Decision is good, make the sharjah passenger move faster while going to Dubai, But back to Sharjah will be the same. Actually RTA Buses running from Sharjah - Dubai is there any plan on Priviate Lane for RTA Buses in Sharjah emirates.
Subhash, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
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more bus? what about bus F06 that has been cancelled and did not think of replacing?
Jay, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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its a very good initiative to dedicate a lane for taxi and buses, specially in crowded areas, but its also a very bad news for private motorists, as travel time for bus riders may have reduced but the journey time and cost of private motorists will increase substantially.
mursalin, dubai, United Arab Emirates
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RTA Buses Purpose fully waiting in each bus stop. If nobody get in / get out from bus . Most of the time from deira naif to burdubai near to bus station take more than 30 min. some times keep very slow speed rather than normal. need action to run bus in poper time.
Anonymous, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Dubai: The Second phase of dedicated bus and taxi lanes will be launched in the Deira area in April a senior official said.
"Phase two of the dedicated bus and taxi lanes will include parts of the Naif Road and Al Ittihad Road," Mattar Al Tayer, Chairman of the Board and Executive Director of the Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), said.
The RTA launched the first phase of the special bus and taxi lanes with a total of 5.6 kilometres in May last year in Bur Dubai and a part of Deira.
Al Tayer said the launch of the second phase is in response to the huge success of the first phase as it not only helped improve bus time but also helped reduce operational cost. Surveys and studies conducted by the RTA covering more than 1,000 users and drivers of public buses and taxis showed that 77 per cent of them responded that they wished to have the project expanded to include other road in Dubai.
Some 75 per cent of respondents confirmed that the scheme would help shorten the journey time and 86 per cent of bus drivers expressed their satisfaction with the scheme stressing that it would help slash the journey time and boost public transport ridership.
Areas
The special lanes will include one kilometre stretch of Naif Road from Al Musalla Road to Al Khaleej Road, and one kilometre stretch of Al Ittihad Road from Sharjah towards Dubai from Al Tawuun Interchange on Sharjah-Dubai borders to Al Nahda Interchange on Cairo Street towards Al Mamzar area.
"Private motorists are not be allowed to drive on the dedicated bus and taxi lanes round-the-clock," he made it clear. The fine for violators is Dh600. Private motorists are, however, allowed to use the dedicated lanes just to access and exit from side roads or to take turn.
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