RTA weighs integrated underground transport system

Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) Dubai Headquarters

Dubai's Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) is weighing the development of an integrated underground system for moving goods and people, as part of future mobility system plans in the emirate, director-general and chairman of the board Mattar Al Tayer said.
 
Al Tayer explained, during a session at the Mohammed bin Rashid Leadership Forum, that Dubai’s future mobility system focuses on three dimensions: ground transport, with a target of one in every four journeys being autonomous by 2030; air mobility via air taxis, with the first station scheduled to open this year; and underground transport.
 
He noted Dubai sees around 11 million journeys daily, averaging 7,000 journeys per minute, and that the total length of the emirate’s roads, if aligned in a straight line, would span half the circumference of the globe.
 
He added Dubai’s daytime population reaches about 6 million, with expectations of this figure doubling in the future, increasing demands on mobility and infrastructure development.
 
Al Tayer said that Dubai’s transport infrastructure projects have delivered economic benefits of AED 319 billion, along with financial returns of AED 156 billion.
 
He added that the authority is working to develop 100 artificial intelligence products as part of its plans to boost adoption of modern technologies in the transport sector.