Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has won the first position in Bentley's Year in Infrastructure 2020 Awards, in the Rail Asset Performance category

Mattar Mohammed Al Tayer, director-general, chairman of the board of executive directors of the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), and Abdullah Mohammed Al Basti, secretary-general of Dubai Executive Council, have launched the licensing intelligent operations centre (LIOC)

In order to meet the needs of Dubai's rapid urban growth and infrastructure expansion required for Expo 2020, the centre was constructed at a cost of US$160mn, and was inaugurated by HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai

In preparation for this year’s Hajj, Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Transport has completed the maintenance of about 491km of roads leading to Makkah and has assigned buses for each pilgrim group with full precautionary measures

Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology and the University of Gothenburg have studied the construction of an eight km stretch of road and calculated how much emissions can be reduced now and until 2045