Dubai Roads and Transport Authority has announced that the number of users of mass transportation and joint transportation in Dubai, which includes Dubai Metro, Dubai Tram, public transport buses, marine means (abra, ferry, water taxi and water bus), electronic reservation vehicles, smart rental vehicles, vehicles The fare, in 2019, amounted to 594 million passengers, compared to about 589 million passengers in 2018, and the average daily number of users of mass transportation and taxi vehicles last year was about 1.63 million passengers, compared to 1.61 million passengers in 2018.
The Director General of the Authority’s Board of Directors, Matar Mohammed Al Tayer, said: “The Dubai Metro has acquired the largest number of users of mass transportation and joint transportation and taxis, at a rate of 34%, and taxis came second by 30%, and public transportation buses came third by 26% He pointed out that March of 2019 recorded the highest rate in the number of passengers, as more than 53.28 million passengers were transported, and December came second with 53 million passengers, and the number of passengers in the rest of the months ranged between 52 and 45 million passengers.
He added that the number of Dubai Metro users, with its red and green lines, reached 202.98 million passengers in 2019, and Burjuman and Etihad stations, which are joint stations on the red and green lines, took the largest share in the number of Dubai Metro passengers last year, as the number of passengers of Burjuman station for the two lines reached Red and green 12.76 million, while the number of passengers of the Union Station reached 10.6 million passengers, and on the red line the Raqqa station recorded the largest number of passengers, with a total of 9.64 million passengers, followed by the Burj Khalifa / Dubai Mall station with 7.89 million passengers, Then Dubai Multi Commodities Center station with 7.77 million passengers, Mall of the Emirates station 7.55 million passengers, and m Plan Deira City Center 7.42 million passengers. At the level of the Green Line, Al Fahidi Station came first in the number of passengers, with 7.83 million passengers, followed by Baniyas Station with 6.58 million passengers, and the stadium station came third with 5.74 million passengers, then Oud Metha station with 4.99 million passengers, and a station Salah al-Din with 4.95 million passengers.
Last year, Dubai tram transported 6.51 million passengers, while public transport buses transported 157.1 million passengers, and the number of users of maritime transport reached 14.36 million passengers last year. As for joint transportation, it transported 33.24 million passengers last year, while taxi vehicles were transported in Dubai, 179.86 million passengers.
Al Tayer emphasized that the increase in the percentage of trips that are by mass transportation and joint transportation means from less than 6% in 2006 to 18.1% in 2019, with a cumulative annual increase of about 8.86% annually.
60%
From passengers transported by metro and buses.