Al Tayer: The metro and taxis accounted for the largest percentage

1.3 million average daily mass transit passengers in Dubai

• Continuous reinforcement of bus lines.

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The Roads and Transport Authority in Dubai announced that the number of users of mass and shared transportation in the emirate, which includes the Dubai Metro, Dubai Tram, public transport buses, marine transportation (abras, ferries, water taxis and water buses), electronic reservation vehicles and smart rental vehicles, in addition to taxis. (Dubai Taxi and Franchise Companies) in 2021, amounted to about 461 million passengers, compared to about 346 million passengers in 2020, and the daily average number of users of mass transit and taxi vehicles last year was about 1.3 million passengers, compared to about 948,000 passengers in 2020. .

Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of the RTA, said that the Dubai Metro and taxis accounted for the largest proportion of the number of users of mass transit, shared transportation and taxis, with 34% for taxis and 33% for Dubai Metro, while the proportion of public transport buses reached 25%. He pointed out that the month of December of 2021 recorded the highest rate in the number of passengers, as it transported nearly 53 million passengers, and November came second with 50 million passengers, and the number of passengers in the remaining months ranged between 30 and 48 million passengers.

He added that these results confirm the return of the situation to what it was before the “Covid-19” pandemic, and the high confidence of transport users in the efficiency and effectiveness of the precautionary and preventive measures taken by the authority in dealing with the pandemic since its inception, as the authority applied the best global practices in dealing with the pandemic. And culminated in obtaining a certificate of confirmation of preventive measures for “Covid-19” presented by the Norwegian company “DNV-GL”, which is one of the world’s leading bodies in evaluating infection control programs and managing the risks associated with them, including performance related to health and preventive measures. He stressed that "the efforts made by the authority contributed to the rapid recovery of the mass transportation sector, its return to the pre-pandemic situation, and enhanced the confidence of mass transportation users, in the efficiency of health and preventive measures to protect public transportation passengers and employees working in transportation means and its stations and facilities."

Al Tayer said: "The Burjuman and Etihad stations accounted for the largest share of the number of Dubai Metro riders last year, as the number of passengers at Burjuman Station for the red and green lines reached 8.8 million, while the number of passengers at the Etihad Station for the red and green lines reached 7.5 million, and on the red line the station recorded Al-Raqqa has the largest number of passengers with a total of seven million passengers, followed by the Mall of the Emirates station with 6.3 million passengers, then the Business Bay station with 5.8 million passengers, and the Burj Khalifa / Dubai Mall station with 5.7 million passengers, and at the level of the Green Line, Baniyas Station ranked The first in the number of passengers with 5.3 million passengers, followed by Sharaf DG station with 5.1 million passengers, the third station with 3.9 million passengers, then Salah Al-Din station with 3.8 million passengers, and Al Ghubaiba station with 3.2 million passengers passenger".

Last year, the "Dubai Tram" transported 5.34 million passengers, while public buses transported 116.3 million passengers, and the number of users of marine transportation, which includes abras, water buses, water taxis and Dubai Ferry last year, reached 10.94 million passengers, while the means of joint transportation, which includes electronic reservation vehicles And smart rental, which transported 22.9 million passengers last year, while taxis in Dubai (Dubai Taxi and franchise companies), last year transported 154.7 million passengers.

Al Tayer said that these results confirm the effectiveness of the plans and programs implemented by the authority to provide various alternatives for the movement of residents in Dubai. In bringing about change and development in the culture of the population of all segments towards the use of public transportation.

He added that the strategic and executive plans for roads and transport, according to which the authority operates, focus on the principle of integration, meaning that achieving smoothness and ease of movement in the emirate depends on providing integrated solutions that include the development and expansion of road networks, crossings, and the mass transit system with all its components, including metro, tram, buses, marine transport and first mile means. And the last, the development of pedestrian and bicycle facilities and the interconnection between them, and the development of traffic and technical transportation systems necessary to achieve the best and highest efficiency of the road and mass transportation system, as well as the application of policies capable of reducing the public’s dependence on private vehicles and increasing their dependence on other means and methods of transportation, including mass transportation. , joint mobility.

• The number of passengers confirms the return of the situation to what it was before the "Covid-19" pandemic.

• 53 million passengers used transportation in December 2021.

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