Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has announced that the ridership of public transportation including Dubai Metro, Dubai Tram, public buses, marine transport modes, and taxis clocked nearly 337 million riders in the first half of 2023, nearly 11% more than the first half of 2022.
In the first of 2022, the overall public ridership witnessed by the RTA stood at 304.6 million.
As per the RTA, March 2023 was the busiest of all months recording about 60 million rider as compated to average 53 to 58 million ridership witnessed in other months.
According to the RTA The daily average ridership of public transportation modes, shared mobility and taxis in the first half of 2023 was around 1.86 million riders, compared to about 1.68 million riders in the first half of 2022.
Commenting on the milestone, H E Mattar Al Tayer, Director General, Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of the RTA, “Dubai Metro and taxis accounted for the largest ridership share of public transport, shared mobility means and taxis, with 36.5% for Dubai Metro, and 29% for Dubai Taxi, while public buses contributed to 24.5%.”
He said, “These results are a significant indicator of the resurgence of Dubai’s economic activity, as well as RTA’s the effective initiatives to encourage residents and visitors to use public transportation and offer diverse mobility options for Dubai’s residents.”
As per the RTA, the Dubai’s integrated public transport network has now become the backbone of people’s movement around Dubai.
The network was successful in coaxing a change and evolution in the community’s culture and attitudes towards using various public transport means, RTA said.