Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has unveiled its Artificial Intelligence (AI) Strategy 2030, outlining 81 projects and initiatives to transform urban mobility through advanced AI.
The RTA’s strategy is built upon key focus areas: people happiness, seamless and innovative mobility, intelligent traffic management, cognitive licensing, future-proof organization, and asset excellence.
It aims to reduce travel times by 20-30% through optimized traffic signal operations and intelligent pedestrian mobility solutions.
The strategy seeks to increase employee productivity by 25-40% by leveraging AI-driven tools and lowering operational costs by 10-20% through AI-powered platforms, facilitating asset management, predictive maintenance, and driver assessment. It also aims to enhance customer happiness by 35% and compliance by 30-50%.
Building on over 40 big data and AI use cases since 2017, the RTA aims to expand its portfolio using advanced AI with 45 new applications, including water and electricity optimization for the Dubai Metro and public bus network.
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H.E. Mattar Al Tayer, RTA’s Director General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors, highlighted, “RTA’s AI Strategy 2030 is aligned with the UAE AI Strategy 2031, as well as local and federal initiatives, including RTA’s sector-specific plans, such as the Digital Strategy 2030. The strategy is designed to enhance human capital in the application and scaling of AI technologies, lead a connected AI ecosystem that promotes resilience and innovation, and firmly position RTA at the forefront of AI-driven transformation across its services, products, and operations.”
He added, “The strategy also established a robust corporate governance framework for AI while strengthening RTA’s technical capabilities in AI and data to keep pace with rapid advancements in the field. In today’s digital economy, big data and AI are foundational enablers of digital transformation. They are crucial for enhancing operational efficiency, enabling data-driven decision-making, and driving innovation across all sectors.”
Commenting on the significance of the strategy, Al Tayer noted, “The big data platform plays a pivotal role in managing and streamlining data exchange across RTA’s corporate systems. Since its inception, the platform has recorded an annual growth rate of 30%, with total data capacity not exceeding 670 terabytes, which is the equivalent of more than 235 billion pages.”
This innovative strategy aligns with the UAE AI Strategy 2031 and RTA’s Digital Strategy 2030, positioning Dubai at the forefront of global digital transformation, particularly in smart mobility.
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