RTA Signs a Strategic Agreement with TECOM Investments to Expand and Develop Mass Transportation in Dubai |
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Dubai (United Arab Emirates): Public Transport AgencyPublic Transport Agency
at Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) signed at its Head Office yesterday a strategic agreement in a form of a Memorandum of Understanding with Energy & Sustained Environment Dep't at TECOM InvestmentsTECOM Investments. According to the Agreement, Public Transport AgencyPublic Transport Agency will act as a consultant to Tecom's Energy & Sustained Environment Dep't in providing buses to commute employees from and to their residences. The Agreement was signed by Essa Abdul-Rahman Al-Dosari, CEO of Public Transport AgencyPublic Transport Agency at the RTA, and Ali bin Towaih, CEO of Energy & Sustained Environment Dep't at Tecom InvestmentsTecom Investments.
In a speech marking the event, Al-Dosari said: "Through signing this Agreement with Tecom InvestmentsTecom Investments, Public Transport AgencyPublic Transport Agency will meet several joint targets i.e. conducting studies, researches and field surveys to identify mobility obstacles besetting the daily life of the public; particularly employees, and exerting joint efforts to establish logical and effective solutions to overcome these difficulties.
"Public Transport AgencyPublic Transport Agency and Tecom InvestmentsTecom Investments will team up to develop joint mobility management programs to provide mass transit modes for employees and encourage them to use alternative transit modes other than private vehicles. The two parties will also work on minimizing single occupancy vehicles used by employees in traveling to their workplaces through fostering the practice of carpooling in their daily shuttle from and to their workplaces, i.e. increasing the number of passengers per vehicle through introducing the carpooling system.
"Provision of dedicated vehicles to lift employees from and to their workplaces will considerably reduce the number of private vehicles on Dubai roads. We will look into how to facilitate the procedures of registering employee dedicated buses of our strategic partners within the RTA system. We will also work on streamlining the parking space adjacent to the workplaces in an effective manner that copes with the requirements of companies, organizations and traffic congestion in the vicinity resulting from the daily traffic of employee and visitor vehicles.
"Public Transport AgencyPublic Transport Agency is launching joint cultural and awareness campaigns targeting employees of companies and organizations to educate them about the impact of transportation by private vehicles on traffic bottlenecks in general and the environment & community in particular," concluded Al-Dosari.
Bin Towiah hailed the Agreement as another highly important initiative launched by the RTA that would boost the cooperation and the strategic partnership between Public Transport AgencyPublic Transport Agency and Tecom InvestmentsTecom Investments. "It paves the way for further linkages and cooperation between the two parties to expand and develop mass transit in the emirate of Dubai," he continued.
"This Memorandum of Understanding reflects the intentions of both parties to exchange the corporate knowledge, experiments and expertise as well as achieving the mutual benefit of both parties. It also promotes the awareness of UAE citizens and residents of the importance of mobility management programs, and reasserts the concept of sustained transport through holding seminars, meetings and workshops to meet the requirements of national growth in the UAE in a way compatible with the strategy of Tecom InvestmentsTecom Investments" added Bin Towaih.
It is worth-mentioning that over the last two years Tecom embarked on a pilot operation to cut carbon emissions in the region. Under this drive, it launched a host of key initiatives, and recently became the first company to pursue an integrated sustainable development policy providing an array of guiding principles to all Tecom buildings to contribute to minimizing the cost of using facilities.
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About Tecom Investments
The Dubai-based Tecom InvestmentsTecom Investments, a subsidiary of Dubai Holding, is internationally recognized as the company that supports the processes of developing and promoting knowledge industry, as well as sectors involved in enhancing the quality and level of lifestyles. Tecom InvestmentsTecom Investments, which founded several integrated communities of knowledge industry, is active on vital projects such as information and telecommunication technology, media, education, biotechnologies and energy.
Tecom InvestmentsTecom Investments is one of the key players in knowledge industry worldwide. The Co. manages mega entities such as Dubai Internet City, Dubai Media City, Dubai Knowledge Village, Dubai International Academic City, eHosting Data Fort, International Media Production Zone, Dubai Outsourcing Zone, Dubai Studio City, Dubai Biotechnology and Research Park (DuBiotech), and Energy and Environment Park (ENPARK).
The company witnessed extensive expansion through undertaking local and global joint-venture projects such as Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation (Empower)Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation (Empower); the leading provider of zone cooling services which had been established as a joint-venture between Tecom InvestmentsTecom Investments, and Dubai Electricity & Water Authority. Projects also include Emirates International Telecommunications (EIT); a joint venture between Tecom InvestmentsTecom Investments and Dubai Investment Group, in addition to Smart City; a joint venture with Sama Dubai, which aims to develop and manage knowledge-based cities around the globe.
Emirates International Telecommunications owns shares in the Tunisian Telecommunication Organization, and Maltcom; the telecommunication provider of the Tunisian and Maltese governments. Smart City embarked on establishing a worldwide base for a global network of knowledge industry communities through signing two agreements to establish Smart City Malta and Smart City Kochy.
Tecom InvestmentsTecom Investments owns shares in Axiom; the largest mobile phone distributer in the Middle East, and the operator of voice and data hook-up combining most European telecommunication networks.
© Press Release 2009
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This is a good decision from both side to reduce the traffic problems especially in Sheikh Zayed Road & Jumeirah Beach Road. [Report Abuse | Email to a Friend | Reply to this Comment]