60 percent of the Emirate’s total area will be nature reserves and rural areas.Īl Tayer reviewed the RTA’s role in adopting innovation to cope with the challenges of designing and constructing mega projects to ensure their timely delivery. It adopts a "20-minute city" concept to allow residents to access 80 percent of daily services within 20 minutes by walking and cycling. According to the plan, 55 percent of the expected population will live within 800 metres of metro stations. In his speech, Al Tayer touched on the efforts of the Dubai Government to achieve sustainable urban development in the context of the human-centric Dubai Urban Plan 2040 aimed to improve the wellbeing of people and make Dubai the best city for living in the world. RTA developed a roadmap towards zero-emissions public transport by 2050 and its initiatives contributed to reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 400k tons by 2020," Al Tayer added. "Sustainability is an integral part of the RTA’s strategies and initiatives launched to conserve the environment and reduce the carbon footprint of the transport sector. To support the UAE’s efforts to conserve the environment, the RTA has revamped its vision to fit with the future directions of Dubai to become ‘The world leader in seamless and sustainable mobility,’" he commented. Some 22 percent of global carbon emissions directly result from the transport sector. "Environmental sustainability is a key pillar of the agenda of the UAE Government, which is the first government in the region committing to the climate neutrality strategy 2050. RTA’s joint efforts with the General HQ of Dubai Police have reduced road accident fatalities from almost 22 cases to 1.8 cases per 100,000 between 20, and reduced pedestrian fatalities per 100,000 population from 9.5 to 0.5 between 20," noted Al Tayer. 1 in Road Quality Worldwide for 5 years in a row. "The RTA’s projects have cemented the competitiveness of the UAE, which had consequently been ranked No. Similarly, we have increased the number of pedestrian bridges and tunnels by four times from 26 to 125 around the same time and extended our cycling track network from nine km in 2006 to 463 km in 2020, and is expected to reach 668 km by 2025. "We have more than doubled our road network from 8,715 in 2006 to 18,255 lane km in 2020 and increased the number of vehicle bridges and tunnels 5 folds from 129 in 2006 to 844 in 2020. Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, the RTA has achieved mega projects in a record time highlighted by the Dubai Metro project, which had been delivered in just four years, and the Dubai Water Canal project that had been completed in less than three years," he said. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Executive Council, and H.H.
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Attendees at the session included several high-ranking officials as well as representatives of concerned entities.Īl Tayer reviewed the elements of excellence in managing infrastructure projects, which form part of the crucial drivers of the sweeping development and the economy.
In contrast, the total investment in the improvement of roads and transport during the same period was AED140 billion (about $40 billion).Īl Tayer made these statements in his keynote speech to the 18th IRF (International Road Federation) World Meeting and Exhibition, titled "Roads to Tomorrow: Dubai’s Pathway to Sustainable Mobility". DUBAI, 8th November, 2021 (WAM) - Mattar Mohammed Al Tayer, Director-General, Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), revealed that the massive investments of the Dubai Government in improving the infrastructure of roads and transport saved nearly AED220 billion (about US$60 billion) in time and fuel wasted through traffic congestions from 2006 to 2020.