The Executive Director of the Public Transport Agency at the Roads and Transport Authority in Dubai, Ahmed Hashem Behroozyan, confirmed the continuous reduction in the number of passengers in public transport, and commitment to all precautionary measures and physical spacing, as long as this enhances the methods of protecting and protecting passengers, which are the most important priorities of the authority, indicating that This naturally increases flight time, and disturbs the passengers who have to wait, but it is necessary to protect them.
In response to a question about the current occupancy rate in public transportation, after opening activities and easing movement restrictions, Bahruzian told «Emirates Today» that most cities in the world are witnessing a decrease in the number of passengers in transportation due to a set of factors, the most prominent of which is the application of physical distance within Stations and on board transportation, which prevents achieving the level of occupancy that was in place before the application of anti-proliferation measures.
He added that this represents one of the challenges in the current stage for all transport agencies in the world, especially since many of the questions related to analyzing the behavior and behavior of passengers in the transportation means in the wake of the anxiety and distrust resulting from the Corona pandemic, can not be answered at present, and the possibility of answering depends on recognizing Many variables, and more time to be able to read and analyze them, thus finding appropriate mechanisms and solutions to deal with them.
Behroozyan stated that research and exchange of ideas and information exist between the authority and its partners from the authorities and institutions specialized in transport and public transportation in the world.
He emphasized that the measures taken by the authority and the government in intensive sterilization and the application of measures for spacing and the obligatory wearing of the muzzle, are sufficient measures to contribute to ensuring the safety of passengers on board public transportation.
The preventive measures implemented by the Dubai Roads and Transport Authority included reducing the capacity of public transport by 78% on Dubai Metro trains, which led to a decrease in passengers from 600,000 to 140,000 passengers daily, and a reduction of about 43% in buses, as the bus transports 30 passengers Instead of 70 passengers, as bus passengers decreased from 380 thousand to 115 thousand passengers daily, while taxi passengers decreased from 500 thousand to 125 thousand passengers daily, according to data issued by the authority during the past month.
Physical spacing procedures
The Executive Director of the Public Transport Corporation, Ahmed Hashem Behroozyan, stated that the most challenges that the organization faces since the start of the virus spread crisis, is the application of physical spacing procedures, especially during peak hours, while maintaining the continuity of providing services smoothly without delay.
He pointed out that the organization implements certain operational procedures in order to reduce the waiting time for passengers by increasing the number of flights and reducing the time of distillation, and increasing the number of buses and trains when necessary to prevent long waiting and delay.
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Reducing the capacity of public buses to ensure the safety of passengers.