Mohammed bin Rashid bin Mohammed reviews the strategic plan for “Dubai Roads”

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum reviewed the strategic plan of the Roads and Transport Authority in Dubai, and its future projects to develop the road network and the mass transportation system. He also inspected the authority’s unified control center, which is one of the largest and most modern control centers in the world, in terms of employing smart technologies, monitoring and organizing traffic and transportation, and managing events, emergencies and crises. The authority is the first government agency in the Middle East to manage all means of transportation in one facility..

Upon his arrival at the Unified Control Center, His Highness was received by the Director General and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Authority, Mattar Al Tayer. At the beginning of the visit, His Highness inspected the facilities of the Unified Control Center, which is distinguished by its ability to control, control and integrate all the different current and future means of transportation, and properly plan transportation to meet the various transportation challenges in the emirate. It plays a major role in organizing transportation during important events and exhibitions in the emirate, supporting central decision-making for all different means of transportation, managing emergencies and crises, raising the efficiency of bus service management, and supporting Taxi vehicle planning in the emirate.

The center is responsible for monitoring and managing the movement of more than… 28,000 A means of transportation, recording, and analysis 4.4 Billions of mobility data are recorded daily, and the center is linked to more than 10000 A camera covering most of the road network and public transportation, and the main control room is connected to more than 34 A technical system, and their integration can be achieved instantly, in addition to the use of artificial intelligence in managing incidents and crises. The center’s technical system is unique in its self-learning feature. (Machine Learning)This ensures quick response and reduces human error.

Strategic plan

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum listened to an explanation from Mattar Al Tayer, about the strategic plan of the Roads and Transport Authority, its vision in achieving global leadership in easy and sustainable mobility, and the authority’s efforts in developing the infrastructure of the road network and the mass transportation system, which includes a road network with a length of more than 25 A thousand kilometers – leaking, and more 1000 Bridge and tunnel for vehicles, and177 A bridge and a pedestrian tunnel, while the mass transportation system includes a metro and tram network along the length 100 kilometres, and64 station, in addition to a fleet of public transportation buses, numbering more than 1380 bus, and13900 Taxi, and210 Means of maritime transportation, and the transportation of this system 2.2 One million passengers daily. His Highness also listened to an explanation about the Dubai Metro Blue Line project, which has a length of 30 Kilometers and includes 14 The station connects the red and green lines and serves residential, development and industrial areas, with an estimated population of about one million people a year. 2040It provides a direct connection between these areas and Dubai International Airport 20 minute.

During the visit, His Highness was briefed on the developments of the air taxi project, which the Authority is implementing in cooperation with the two companies (Jobi). Aviation Inc., and Sky Ports InfrastructureThe program for flight tests and operations is being developed on a regular basis. Last June, Joby completed a series of manned test flights for the electric air taxi for vertical take-off and landing in Margham, during which the efficiency of the air taxi’s performance in local environmental conditions was verified, in preparation for the start of providing service to passengers in the year 2026He also reviewed the project to operate self-driving taxis, where the Authority signed agreements with international companies specialized in the field of self-driving transportation, to begin the testing phase in the Emirate of Dubai, in preparation for launching the commercial operation of the service in the first quarter of the year. 2026.