Transport & Logistics
From The Report: Dubai 2016
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With major expansions across land, sea and air connections currently under way, Dubai’s transport sector continues to drive much of the emirate’s economic and international success. The government is fully committed to the continuous improvement of this infrastructure, with new rules for public-private partnerships aiming to enhance delivery in the sector. Meanwhile, Dubai finds itself in an increasingly competitive regional economic environment. The current slowdown in global growth, falling oil and gas prices, regional uncertainties and a strengthening dollar are also all affecting the emirate and its transport sector. Yet Dubai finds itself uniquely placed to face these challenges, with confidence high that it will continue to be the region’s pre-eminent transportation hub.

This chapter contains an interview with Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors, Roads and Transport Authority.

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Overview

Linked and connected: Continuous innovation is under way across all networks
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With major expansions across land, sea and air connections currently under way, Dubai’s transport sector continues to drive much of the emirate’s economic and international success. The government is fully committed to the continuous improvement of this infrastructure, with new rules for public-private partnerships (PPPs) aiming to enhance delivery in the sector (see analysis). Meanwhile, Dubai finds itself in an increasingly competitive regional economic environment. The current slowdown in…

Interview

Smart technology: OBG talks to Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors, Roads and Transport Authority (RTA)
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Interview:Mattar Al Tayer How will the new public-private partnership (PPP) law facilitate more efficient developments? Are you confident the model is the right fit for Dubai? MATTAR AL TAYER: The new PPP law allows the RTA to implement infrastructure projects more efficiently and with higher-quality services in a value-for-money manner, with the proper allocation of risks involved. It encourages the private sector to innovate and allows private entities to make unsolicited proposals for…

Analysis

Travelling together: A new law on PPPs is shifting the way projects are financed
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As 2015 drew to a close, one of the most eagerly anticipated pieces of legislation due in Dubai was new legislation governing public-private partnerships (PPPs). The new law, No. 22 of 2015, was published in September and introduced on November 19, 2015. Thus tendering rounds opened in 2016 offered the first opportunities for companies to assess the impact of the new law on contracts in the emirate. This provided a major boost to infrastructure projects in particular, with the transport sector expected…

Analysis

Data driven: ICT innovations in transportation and beyond are changing the experience of daily life
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While Dubai possesses some of the most state-of-the-art hardware in its transport sector, integrating these devices into a single, smart structure has a been a long-term occupation of sector planners. Encouraging innovation in the software element of transport has been a priority for the government for many years, with the Dubai Smart City project, the most recent manifestation of this strategy, first proposed in 2013. The project, aimed to be completed by 2018, led to the passage of the Dubai Open…