20 May 2013
(MENAFN) Dubai’s Roads and Transport Agency (RTA) stated that the number of passengers who used the emirate’s Metro system during the first quarter exceeded 33 million, reported Arabian Business.
In 2012, the number of passengers that used the metro grew to 109.5 million, up from 69 million a year earlier.
The RTA, which plans to lower the use of private vehicles and raise the share of public transport to 30 percent in 2030 from 13 percent in 2006, added that during the first 3 months of the year, Deira City Centre attracted 1.64 million commuters, while the Al Fahidi station, on the Green Line, attracted 1.37 million.
It is worth noting that last year, over 367 million passengers traveled on public transport in Dubai, compared with 346.5 million in 2011.
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