The Director General of the Board of Directors of the Roads and Transport Authority, Mattar Al Tayer, revealed that the total number of trips implemented by Dubai Taxi Corporation during the period from 1995 to December 2019 amounted to 682 million trips, during which more than one billion passengers were transported, indicating The organization’s fleet size increased from 81 vehicles at the beginning of operation in 1995 to 5201 vehicles in 2019, and the number of drivers increased from 886 drivers to 11 thousand and 500 drivers, and the number of employees jumped from 23 employees to 1131 employees, and the services provided by the Foundation witnessed a big jump From one service in 1995 to 13 services in 2019.
Al Tayer, during his visit to the Dubai Taxi Corporation and his meeting with the Corporation’s employees, was briefed on the uses of artificial intelligence in upgrading the passenger transport service at the institution, where artificial intelligence was employed in achieving a balance between the supply and demand for taxi service, as well as in the analysis of flight data, and the intelligent orientation of the fleet to regions The most requested service, in addition to its use in safe driving, by monitoring drivers' behaviors and their commitment to safe driving standards, also see the new update in the smart application of «Dubai Taxi» (DTC), which covers regular taxi service, and limousine services , And lim Zain electric and limousine princess, and contributed to the application in reducing the rate of time and the arrival of a vehicle for the taxi dealer to 6.5 minutes, the application provides access to multiple services, such as obtaining driver, hands honest, princess, and the owners of determination.
Al Tayer listened to an explanation about the airport building taxi service automation project No. (3), which aims to increase the number of vehicles, organize the process of vehicle verification, and reduce waiting time from 11 minutes to five minutes, and the project includes increasing the number of taxi reservation channels, such as reservation at Buying a ticket, or through screens in the plane, or through the DTC smart app, or via smart devices distributed in the airport terminal, and to ensure the success of the project, the organization has employed artificial intelligence and big data analysis techniques.
And check out the new generation of "Toyota" hybrid vehicles, which joined the Dubai Taxi fleet, and modern models are characterized by a decrease in the fuel consumption rate by 47%, and then a decrease in the carbon emissions rate by 47% as well. This initiative comes in the context of a commitment The authority with the green mobility strategy aimed at reaching the percentage of inclusion of electric and hybrid vehicles from the total annual purchases of new and rented vehicles in the government fleet to 10% by 2020, in implementation of the strategy to reduce carbon emissions in the Emirate of Dubai, which aims to reduce it by 16% by 2021, in addition To the authority’s plan to convert 50% of Dubai taxis into hybrid vehicles by 2021, as well as see the Tesla Model 3 vehicle and the hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle, a type of “Toyota Mirai”. Al Tayer stressed the need to focus in the next stage on expanding the use of artificial intelligence, smart technologies and systems in the taxi sector, raising performance efficiency, achieving happiness for customers, and enhancing integration between transportation and transportation systems, by facilitating the transportation of mass transportation passengers, to reach their final destinations.
682 million trips carried out by Dubai Taxi in 25 years.