RTA reviews operation of autonomous vehicles

A delegation from Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has recently conducted a visit to San Francisco, US, to meet with senior leadership from Cruise and review the company’s progress on the development and commercial operation of autonomous vehicles.

RTA said yesterday the “visit is part of its efforts to chart out an integrated future road map for selfdriving transport in support of the Dubai Smart Self-Driving Transport Strategy, which aims to convert 25 per cent of all trips in Dubai driverless by 2030.”

Cruise and RTA are partnering to offer Dubai’s first autonomous taxi trips, with plans to have up to 4,000 vehicles in the region by 2030.

“Cruise, a subsidiary of General Motors [GM], shares RTA’s vision that autonomous vehicles will contribute to safer, cleaner transportation in cities. Cruise has recently completed mapping of the Jumeirah region,” RTA noted.

The RTA’s delegation was comprised of Ahmad Hashem Bahrozyan, CEO of RTA’s Public Transport Agency; Khaled Al Awadhi, director of Transportation Systems; and Ismail Zohdy, RTA expert in self-driving transport.