Dubai: RTA launches app to serve demand for medium-sized bus services

Dubai: RTA launches app to serve demand for medium-sized bus services

Ahmed Hashem Bahrozyan and Bilal Shabandri sign an agreement in Dubai. — Supplied photo

Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) will launch an app on a trial base to meet the public demand for medium-sized bus services.

The trial platform will be operational in two of Dubai’s districts. The first route will commute between the International City/Dubai Silicon Oasis and Jebel Ali Free Zone. The second route will shuttle between the International City and JLT. Following a three-month trial, the service will expand to include 12 other districts in Dubai. The RTA signed an agreement with arcab on Monday to launch the digital platform.

The agreement was made in collaboration with the Dubai Future Accelerators Programme, one of the initiatives of the Dubai Future Foundation launched by Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council, in 2016 to set a platform combining government entities, start-ups, and business leaders from all over the world. The initiative aimed to launch innovative projects driven by future technology to power vital sectors.

The agreement was signed by Ahmed Hashem Bahrozyan, CEO of Public Transport Agency, RTA, and Bilal Shabandri, co-founder and CEO of arcab. The agreement provides for