Dubai Taxi school bus service records 133% rise in students

The new DTC buses boast of the highest safety and security techniques

The Dubai Taxi Corporation (DTC), Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has unveiled a sharp increase in the number of students served by the School Transport Service of the DTC since the start of the third term to as much as 133%.
The number of students registered in the service has rocketed from about 3,000 students in the second term to about 7,000 students this term. Equally, the number of buses deployed to run the service has soared from 130 to 272 school buses.  
"These statistics are indicative of an upsurge in confidence reposed by students and their parents in the school transport system," said Mohammed Saeed Al Dhuhoori, Director of School Transport at DTC. "The DTC is committed to adopting the highest standards of safety & quality in operating & monitoring the performance of the school transport service. Examples of anticipated improvements include placing a cap on bus speed to 80 k/h, deploying a supervisor in each bus in all academic stages, fitting the bus with external surveillance cameras offering a panoramic view for the driver, and fitting the bus with a voice system when reversing to alert passersby.
"The new DTC buses boast of the highest safety and security techniques, and CCTV cameras connected to the Control Center of the DTC to refer to when needed. These cameras track the entire movement of the student from the moment of boarding, seating until alighting from the bus. The Center has a GPS bus tracking system that sends text messages to parents showing the time of their children getting on and getting off school buses at schools or homes.
"According to opinion polls and questionnaires conducted by the Agency to screen the satisfaction rating of students & their parents about the level of safety in school buses, 87% of students voiced feeling of security and comfort with the service in 2016," added Al Dhuhori.

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