Dubai: In an attempt to tackle the congestion in Metro carriages and stations during peak hours, the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) held its second Government Innovation Lab session to thrash out ideas to solve the matter.
The RTA said the Metro’s Red and Green Lines lifted more than 88 million riders in the first half of this year.
The RTA’s Innovation Lab, which is located in the Dubai Tram Depot at Al Sufouh, is the first government innovation lab in Dubai. It includes sophisticated training halls equipped with the latest technologies, and work spaces for holding brainstorming workshops.
Participants in the workshop were asked to vote for the best five ideas generated during the session that fulfil the conditions, bringing the final number to 20 ideas.
Mohammad Al Mudharreb, Director of RTA’s Rails Operation, praised the positive role played by the workshop in encouraging the parties concerned to come up with smart, pioneering, effective and sustainable solutions and ideas to alleviate the congestion, a key obstacle facing Metro riders during morning and evening peak hours.
“Participants have come up with 20 creative, brilliant and effective ideas, which would be fully examined, improved and considered for implementation shortly in order to realise the primary objective of beating the congestion at the Metro carriages and stations,” Al Mudharreb said.
Abdullah Yousuf Al Ali, CEO of RTA’s Rail Agency, attended the session along with more than 50 participants, including RTA staff members, university students, Metro riders, strategic partners (such as Dubai Police) and the Metro operator Serco.
