RTA's all-in-one app ensures hassle-free travel in Dubai

Dubai - It makes travel quick, simple and hassle-free and it also offers taxi-booking options from other e-hailers like Uber and Careem.

Some of the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) mobile apps will soon be phased out and included in its integrated mobility platform called S'hail or smart hail, an official of the RTA confirmed to Khaleej Times.
Adel Shakri, RTA director of transportation systems, encouraged users of public transportation to use S'hail, which was launched during the Gitex Technology Week in October.
"S'hail puts together under one platform all the RTA transportation services like Dubai Metro, Dubai Tram, RTA taxis and buses, marine transport and limousine services. It makes travel quick, simple and hassle-free and it also offers taxi-booking options from other e-hailers like Uber and Careem," Shakri said.
"The app also provides real-time traffic updates and provides journey recommendations so apps like Wojhati will be redundant. "We would like to promote more the use of S'hail," he noted.
Shakri said since it was launched in October, S'hail (which in Arabic means star used for navigation) has already registered around 70,000 downloads and clocked in more than 26,000 transactions.
Future upgrades for S'hail include the integration of smart car rental services, ekar and UDrive, where the public can rent vehicles by the hour or per minute. A live traffic will also be included and public transport users will also in the future top-up their Nol Cards through S'hail.
The platform will also integrate the Palm Monorail and Dubai Trolley via a single app enabling clients to book the service and pay the applicable fare, according to the RTA.
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