UAE

A Dh100 million underground parking facility was opened in Al Ain yesterday which it is hoped will ease residents’ traffic woes. The 9,000 square metre multi-storey Mawaqif building, which took 18 months to build, has 424 parking bays and is located on Zayed Bin Sultan Street, close to the city’s key cultural and historic attractions,

The paid parking system that brought order to Abu Dhabi’s streets is coming to Al Ain. Work on painting Mawaqif bays has already begun and parking inspectors will assess where more are needed. Heavily congested areas will be targeted first and the scheme will be extended to key commercial, social and cultural areas. Parking will

The steady expansion of Mawaqif, Abu Dhabi’s parking-control system, has brought many benefits to the capital. But not everyone is cheering, as regular readers of our Letters to the editor feature will have noted. Much of the densely-populated Tourist Club area has just been brought under the purview of Mawaqif, and the howls of complaint

Tired of driving around in circles looking for a parking spot? A last resort for some residents is a sandy area in one of the capital’s busiest commercial and residential districts. Dozens of sport utility vehicles, company vans and smaller saloon cars line both sides of an unpaved plot in front of the Lulu Centre

Today marks the second anniversary of “Fog Tuesday”, when the country’s worst traffic accident in its history occurred on the Sheikh Zayed Road near Ghantoot. Eight people were killed, 280 injured and hundreds of cars were damaged or written off. Everybody agreed that this must never happen again. The anniversary was marked yesterday with a

One man died and hundreds were injured in road accidents yesterday as thick early morning fog blanketed the country. Police are warning drivers to take extra care as more dense fog is expected in the early morning and late evenings on Tuesday and Wednesday. In Ras Al Khaimah an Arab man, 34, died instantly when

Drivers were warned to slow down during the rush hour today as thick fog rolled into Dubai making the morning commute more perilous. Dubai Civil Defense took to twitter to warn drivers to take care in the poor conditions, tweeting: “Dear drivers be aware of heavy fog, watch your speed in keep enough distance. Wishing

The municipality is working with Dubai Police to control and monitor severe weather conditions, including thick fog. Last year, the municipality’s Survey Department launched its main fog and meteorological station in Al Warqa’a. This station is connected to 13 substations located across the emirate, all of which aim to improve road safety and conditions at

A new station on Dubai Metro’s red line will open next week. Energy Station, in Zone 2 between Ibn Battuta Mall and Jebel Ali Industrial stations, will open on September 30. Bus services will operate to and from the station to encourage the public to start using it. The Roads and Transport Authority expects more

Passengers will pay up to Dh21 extra for a trip from the airport after the introduction of a new, luxury fleet of taxi vans. Flag fall for the 150 black Mercedes vans will increase from Dh3.50 to Dh25, but the rate per kilometer will be the same. The taxis will be available around the clock