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■ DUBAI PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION:
Because of the growing population, commuters in Dubai experience a high amount of traffic congestion. The city has become the most congested city in the Middle East. Professionals working in Dubai spend an average of 1 hour and 45 minutes commuting to and from work. The government has invested heavily in the Dubai’s road infrastructure, although this has not kept pace with the increase in the number of vehicles. This, coupled with the induced traffic phenomenon, has led to growing problems of congestion. However, as of May 2009, with thousands of expatriate workers having lost their jobs and left back to their countries following the economic crisis, traffic congestion has eased significantly. Traffic congestion, the single biggest concern among Dubai’s 1.44 million residents, inflicts losses of Dh4.6 billion or 3.15% of the emirate’s Dh146 billion GDP a year. The city has a car ownership rate of 541 cars per 1,000 population. According to some traffic experts, Dubai is suffering from an originally flawed road system, with in-built bottlenecks on certain key routes such as the Dubai-Sharjah road. Over time, however, the new infrastructure including the Dubai Metro, the new bridges and complex of flyovers is expected to ease congestion to some extent.

Dubai also has an extensive taxi system, the most expensive way to travel around the Emirate. There are both government-operated and private cab companies. The Dubai Transport Corporations operates cream-color taxis, with different color tops representing different franchising companies operating under RTA regulations. Some of the private cab companies are Cars Taxi, National Taxi, Cititaxi and Metro Taxi. The meter generally begins as 12 AED when a requesting a cab from the call center, and 5 AED when taking a taxi on the road and is generally charged by distance at 1.5 Dhs/km. These cabs are available via the three major taxi booking apps – Uber, Careem and Dubai Taxi. With Careem being the largest taxi operator. (DTC)

The Dubai Metro currently operates three lines. The construction contract for the project was given to Dubai Rapid Link (DURL), a consortium led by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, in 2005. The construction of the red line began in September 2005 and the red line started operating on 9 September 2009, with its extension opened in 2010 and 2013. There are currently 31 stations on the red line. The construction of green line started in 2006 and the green line opened on 9 September 2011. There were initially 18 stations and two more stations were added in 2014. The Green Line runs from Etisalat to Creek and the Red Line from Rashidiya to Jebel Ali.

Seven monorails are also slated to be constructed to help feed the Dubai Metro, connecting various places such as Dubailand, the Palm Jumeirah and other districts the main track. The first of these, the Palm Jumeirah Monorail, opened on 30 April 2009. Two stations are in operation, while two more stations are expected to be added in the future.

Dubai has a very large bus system run by the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA). The bus system has 193 routes on weekdays and transports over 30 million people weekly. The RTA runs 1,616 buses around the whole emirate. From dubai logistics city in the West to the Al Quasis Industrial area in East Dubai. The buses will be of various sizes & models. Some bus lines are feeders for the metro system. 656 of 1500 bus stops are equipped with airconditioned shelters. The bus fleet consists almost entirely of low floor European-made, air-conditioned buses by Neoplan, Mercedes-Benz, Solaris and VDL. Although the city of Dubai is growing year by year, the number of passengers is hardly rising. It is possible that this is a result of constant metro extensions. In August 2019, RTA announced that a new night bus service (runs from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m.) will be launched, along with 11 more routes that will be enhanced in terms of timings and connections.

■ MORE SCENIC BUS RIDE VIDEOS:
1. Bur Dubai to Dragon Mart: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsu8tL9ms20&t=20s
2. Dubai Al Ghubaiba to Sharjah: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxZJ5nTDb9o&t=52s
3. Ajman to Dubai Union: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77Dd2fkB3a0&t=8s
4. Expo to Al Baraha: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DD8pDCSjq08&t=937s
5. Expo to Al Ain: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhpsAI9Af2Q&t=2s
6. Expo to Abu Dhabi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLhZ_H-y5Kg
7. Expo to Fujairah: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEv-oUpb6tQ&t=5s

■ REFERENCE:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transportation_in_Dubai
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Dubai+Marina+-+Dubai

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