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Reaching your destination will become easier with a high-tech navigation system being installed in Dubai taxis.

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Students celebrating the end of their school academic year by indulging in dangerous stunt driving have been warned that police patrols will be stepped up in an effort to curb this behaviour.

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Footfall on the emirate’s public transport is set to double by 2030 through the construction of a 422km-long metro and tram network — a revamp which will catapult Dubai to the top of the world’s ‘Best Cities’ list.

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A new bus route will be introduced in Dubai, three routes scrapped and five others extended from June 1.

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Dubai has unveiled its vision for public transport during a major transport conference in Switzerland this week, including plans for a new public transport exhibition to be held in the emirate from 2014, and a new generation of youth leaders spreading the public transport message

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Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) has re-opened the access roads to Abu Dhabi International Airport, enabling travelers to once again enter Terminals 1 and 3 from the upper-tier curbside as it was before the construction period.

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A call to reduce the speed limit on some of the emirate’s most populated highways, from 140kmph to 110kmph, has been put forward by the General Department of Traffic of the Dubai Police.

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The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with ‘Watani’ program to boost their cooperative relationships towards supporting the national identity, and diffusing the community culture and development in the public interest of the two parties and the strategic objectives of the federal government.

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The Sharjah Public Transport Corporation, which saw nine million passengers commute last year, has affirmed that most of the passengers who benefit from the corporation’s public shuttle service across the emirate are Arab residents.

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