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The Official Monthly Magazine of Dubai`s RTA Issue No. 90 December 2015 Nov 3 is immortal in our hearts DIPMF for the 2nd year in a row هيئة مبتكره ُ ِ Forums in the Presence of Innovation Many scientific studies conducted by prestigious colleges and research institutes have found that motivating and honoring creative innovators is a common managerial practice in companies that adopted the innovation track. Consequently, His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohamed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Dubai’s Crown Prince and Chairman of the Executive Council has announced the establishment of Hamdan bin Mohamed Award of Project Management. The award was launched by His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Mohamed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of Dubai Marine Club, during the opening ceremony of the 2nd Edition of Dubai International Project Management Forum (DIPMF) . RTA H.E. Mattar Al Tayer organized this Forum in cooperation with Dubai Electricity & Water Authority Director General and Chairman (DEWA), along with Emaar, and the Project Management Institute (PMI). of the Board of Executive Directors Under the slogan “Project Management Supports Innovation,” the Forum featured the presence of creativity and innovation within all of the events and lectures presented by leading entrepreneurs, executives and academics from around the globe. “Innovation is a system that integrates companies with their policies and procedures, and individuals with their creativity, skills, and competences,” Said H.H. Dubai’s Crown Prince, “to ensure the sustainability of this system. We have to establish Innovation Management concepts.” “Innovation is important, yet it is more important to develop prototypes that would build a sustainable innovation system among companies.” Hamdan bin Mohamed Award of Project Management is to be the first of its kind in the world, with a total of AED2 Million ($550,000) dedicated for winners. This award aims to discover, reward, encourage, promote, and enable innovation in Project Management through developing a systematic way for creative and innovative project management. In addition, this Award will provide a wide database of best practices, prototypes of working in project management, an innovative ideas exchange platform, and a base for training programs on project management skills. The award targets experts and specialists in the project management field, along with individuals, teams, or companies that specialize in Project Management, Program Management and and/or Project Portfolio Management. Winning ideas will be selected according to the following criteria: innovative ideas in any stage of the Project life cycle, innovation in the management practices and methodology and innovation in using technology. The Official Monthly Magazine of Dubai`s RTA Issue No. 90 December 2015 CONTENT Nov 3 is immortal in our hearts DIPMF for the 2nd year in a row Our projects 14 Dubai Tram in its second anniversary 18 Airport trip slashed from 30 to 5 minutes 20 AED 60m for internal roads at Oud Al Mateena 2 07 26 Reciprocal Advice on decreasing vehicle movement during bad weather Ads Initiative Al Masar warns against possible increase in accidents during rainfall (Dubai project 10 management) an innovator once again 06 The public communicated with (RTA) through the Mohammed bin Rashid Smart Majlist 07 Nov 3 is immortal in our hearts Occasions 24 The Authority prospered in its second decade and decorated strategic partners 28 Transport users rewarded with gold bullions 28 Our News 436 cases were examined, classified as acceptable or viable RTA received 866 ideas & improvement comments through the Mohammed bin Rashid Smart Majlis technology towards opening a new communication channel with the residents of Dubai, be it citizens, residents, investors or tourists in order to heed to their views, suggestions and comments made with the purpose of uplifting the caliber of services delivered by public & private entities. “About 62% of ideas and improvement comments were focused on roads & traffic aspects, 35% were about the The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has revealed metro, tram, buses and taxicabs, and that since HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, 3% were related to marine transit Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of modes. Some of the main accepted Dubai, has launched the Mohammed bin Rashid Smart ideas were related to smart car parks Majlis initiative a week ago, the RTA has received 730 ideas, enabled with systems to read the and 136 improvement comments. About 436 of these cases balance charged, a cycling lane to have been examined where 56 ideas and 21 improvement reduce congestion in Dubai, holding comments were identified. First Aid courses as a precondition for driver license applicants, and In this context, Al Tayer issued an of the Dubai Government to bring generating alternative power from Administrative Circular obliging all happiness to people. It also supports the metro rail tracks. The most RTA organizational units to react to the strategic goals of the RTA in a way frequent comment was related to the the creative ideas and improvement that enhances the pioneering role of congestion of Dubai Sharjah road, and remarks received via the Mohammed Dubai and shaping its future. painting of speed humps. The RTA has bin Rashid Smart Majlis, and sign “The RTA will follow-up on all ideas been attaching considerable attention them off within three working days and remarks received through to all ideas and improvement from the day of receipt. Follow-up the Smart Majlis, and task a work comments received since the launch and reply has to be furnished within team to study all creative ideas and of the Mohammed bin Rashid Smart four working days from the receipt of improvement comments which Majlis initiative. Such attention same. The Circular has also mapped will improve the quality of services stems from our commitment to bring out the procedure of raising up offered to RTA clients. happiness to people; which is the third matters to the Director-General and “The launch of the Mohammed bin goal of RTA’s eight strategic goals, and Chairman of the Board of Executive Rashid Smart Majlis is a manifestation respond to our government’s drive in Directors of the RTA. of the open-door policy advocated this regard,” said Ahmed Mahboub, The Circular is issued in support of by HH at conventional majlises Director of Customers Service, the Mohammed bin Rashid Smart where HH frequently meets his Corporate Administrative Support Majlis initiative and the aspirations people. HH is capitalizing on modern Services Sector, RTA. 6 Artistic design of 146k pieces of lego in celebration of Flag Day Nov 3 is immortal in our hearts, selection of Union Station augurs well for our prosperous drive The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA)) took part in the UAE celebrations of the Flag Day. The move is taken in response to the national initiative launched by HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, which coincides with the anniversary of President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan’s assumption of office as the leader of the country. The initiative calls for the flag has to be hoisted on all the premises of public offices, houses, and public utilities across the UAE. Issue No. 90 December 2015 7 HE Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General as a venue for these celebrations as by HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid and Chairman of the Board of “its fits the bill in a symbolic reference Al Maktoum, who opened for us the Executive Directors of the RTA, has to the union; a key pillar of the UAE’s way to express our belonging to a host the UAE Flag at the entrance prosperity, unity, and development,” peace-loving nation. The UAE flag is of the Union Metro Station in the he says. a symbol of our pride as a competent presence of CEOs, Directors, and “The third of November each year will state among civilized nations. scores of employees. Al Tayer stated remain a prominent day in our lives November will also remain a month that the Union Station was selected that has been engraved in our hearts to remember, as it has been crowned with the Martyr Day on Nov 30th in a gesture replicating the heroic role of our nation in maintaining the pride and defending the brotherly Yemeni peoples. It is meant to be a day for honoring the precious blood shed by the sons of our land for the noble causes of Arab dignity and unity of destiny. The Flag Day will remain a symbol of our belonging to a nation that has granted us security, safety, happiness and sweeping development. We will remain committed to the path of 8 Our News 20k brochures distributed to raise the public the union charted by the late Sheikh and one Dubai Ferry. 45 Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, and taxicabs has been wrapped awareness about the late Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al in the UAE flag, and 20 the use of UAE Maktoum; which encompasses all thousand brochures enclosing citizens, residents and visitors. models of UAE flag, have also flag Al Tayer has also placed the last piece been distributed at the metro and in an artistic design replicating the bus stations. The event was intended UAE flag in the Union Metro Station to raise the awareness of comprising 146 thousand pieces of the public of how Lego. Such artistic design has been to properly use accomplished by a British artist aided the flag, and by a bunch of RTA employees and the civilized visitors of the station. practices that Ms. Moaza Saeed Al Marri, Director ought to be of Marketing and Corporate adhered to Communication, Corporate in dealing Administrative Support Services with the Sector, RTA, said: “Events of the UAE flag.