747 million passengers used mass transportation, joint transportation and taxis in 2024

The Roads and Communications Authority announced that the number of users of mass transport and joint transport in Dubai, which includes the Dubai Metro and Tarm, Public Transport Buses, and Maritime Transport: (Abra, Ferry, Water Taxi), and joint transportation: (Smart Application Companies, Hours Limbing Vehicles, and Buses upon request In addition to taxis (Dubai taxi and franchise companies), it amounted to 747.1 million passengers in 2024, compared to about 702 million passengers in 2023, recording 6.4%growth. The daily average of the number of passengers reached more than two million passengers, compared to (1.92) million passengers in 2023, while the number of luxury transport vehicles (limousine) reached 19 million passengers..

The total number of trips to mass transportation, joint transport and taxis during the past year was 153 million, including more than 115 million taxi flights, and about 32 million trips for joint transportation, and the month of October and November acquired the highest number in the number of trips, by the reality 14.1 million trips each, and the month of November was recorded in 2024, the highest rate in the number of passengers, during which approximately 69.9 million passengers were transported, and the month of October came second with about 68.4 million passengers, then December with about 68 million passengers, and the number of passengers ranged in the rest The months between 54 and 65 million passengers.

His Excellency Matar Al Tayer, Director General and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Roads and Transport Authority, expressed his happiness with the continuous annual growth in the number of users of mass transportation, and the increase in the number of users of joint transportation by 28% compared to 2023, stressing that these indicators are the results of huge investments and great efforts to develop the system Collective transport, the most important of which is the Dubai Metro, with a length of approximately 90 km, as well as the Dubai Tram, which is approximately 11 km long, and the development and increase of the length of the bus lines network from 2095 km in 2006 to 3974 km in 2024 (in both directions), and the provision of a modern fleet of public transport buses, It includes approximately 1,400 buses, characterized by its conformity with European specifications for low carbon emissions: (Euro 6), and providing an integrated system of marine transportation that includes in addition to traditional abras, Ferry Dubai and water taxi.

Expanding the service

His Excellency Matar Al -Tayer stressed that the committee was constantly keen on sustaining, continuing the growth and development of the mass transportation system, to be the best option to move the residents and visitors of the Emirate of Dubai, where last December the contract of the Blue Dubai metro project was awarded on an alliance of three Turkish and Chinese companies, at a cost of 20 billion And 500 million dirhams, and work will start in the project next April, explaining that the new line is 30 km long, of which 15.5 km underground, and 14.5 km above the Earth level, and contains 14 stations, including three transitional stations, and serves vital areas expected That its population reaches about one million people, according to the Dubai Urban Plan 2040, and achieves the connection and integration with the red and green lines of the Dubai metro, as it provides a direct link between Dubai International Airport and nine areas located along the line in a period of time from 10 to 25 minutes.

He said: In order to enhance the role of public transportation in the movement of residents and visitors of the Emirate of Dubai, the authority intends to expand the paths designated for buses and taxis, during the years 2025 and 2026, and includes the implementation of six tracks with a length of 13 km, and thus the total length of the tracks for buses and taxis increases to 20 kilometers And these tracks contribute to increasing the number of passengers by 10%, improving the rate of buses by 42%, and reducing the time of the bus trip by 41%. Leadership and an environmental friendly electricity, and uses a virtual railway, operating with the cameras tracking system for the coating lines on the track, and it is characterized by low cost, and its implementation period is less compared to traditional tram projects, and the maximum speed is 70 km per hour, while the operating speed ranges from 25 to 60 A kilometer per hour, and tram can travel 100 kilometers with one shipping process, and the authority also studies the experimental operation of self -driving buses equipped with the latest artificial intelligence technologies to achieve the highest safety standards, and its speed reaches 40 km per hour, and it can act as a means of transportation for short distances and ranges its capacity From 10 to 20 passengers.

Use rates

His Excellency the General Manager and Chairman of the Board of Directors pointed out that the Dubai Metro, which is the backbone of the Dubai public transportation system, acquired the largest percentage of users of mass transportation, joint transportation and taxis in 2024, by 37%, while the share of taxis reached 27% , Compared to more than 28% in 2023, and this is a good indication of the transformation of passengers towards the use of mass transportation, and the percentage of public transport bus users reached 25%, compared to 24.7% in 2023, and the share of joint transportation increased, from 6% in 2023, to to 7.5% in 2024, and maritime transportation and Dubai Tarm preserved their shares by 2.5% for maritime transport, and 1% for Dubai tram.

Dubai Metro

The number of Dubai Metro users in its red and green linearies reached 275.4 million passengers in 2024, an increase of 6% compared to 2023, and two Bergman and Al -Ittihad stations, two stations, have two parties on the red and green lines, on the largest share of the number of passengers during the past year, where the number of passengers reached the station. Bergman is 16.2 million, while the number of passengers of Al -Ittihad station reached 12.9 million passengers, and on the red line, the Raqqa station recorded the largest number of passengers with a total of 13 million passengers, followed by the Mall of the Emirates, about 11.2 million passengers, then the Burj Khalifa / Dubai Mall station with about 10.6 million passengers, At the level of the Green Line, the DJ Station was ranked first in the number of passengers with 9.9 million passengers, followed by Bani Yas station with an average of 8.4 million passengers, and the stadium station third ranked 6.8 million passengers.

Transportation users

In 2024, public transport buses transported 187.7 million passengers, an increase of 8% compared to 2023, and the number of marine transportation users, which includes abras, water taxi and Ferry Dubai last year, reached 18 million passengers, an increase of 3%, and Dubai tram transported 9.4 million passengers by a rate of An increase of 6% compared to 2023. The means of joint mobility, which include vehicles of smart application companies, hours of rental, and buses upon request, transported 56 million passengers last year with an increase of 28%, while taxi vehicles in Dubai, which include: ( Dubai Taxi and concession companies), last year 200.6 million passengers, an increase of 1% compared to 2023, and the number of luxury transport vehicles (limousine) reached about 19 million passengers during the year 2024.