Title: ROLE OF TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT IN PROMOTING PUBLIC TRANSPORT
Abstract: With the high rate of urbanization and the rapid pace of motorization in some major cities of the developing world, the mobility and accessibility are declining rapidly. To address this issues, the Dubai Government has adopted strategic transport plan based on developing a modern multi modal transport system to provide “safe and smooth travel for all”. With the full operation of Dubai Metro, it is expected to have, at least, 17% of trips made by Public Transport. The target set by RTA is to have 30% of person trips in Dubai made by Public Transport. As such, it was of great importance to introduce a set of Travel Demand Management polices to curb the number of cars on streets and enhance the mobility through out the Emirate
Publication Year: 2011
Publication Date: 2011-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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