Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) (Arabic: هيئة الطرق والمواصلات) is a Government of Dubai roads & transportation authority in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
[6] It was launched by the Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE, and Emir of Dubai, Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum with the mission of developing integrated, sustainable and world-class transportation systems for residents of Dubai.
In 2012, RTA's Dubai Metro was declared by Guinness World Records to be the world's longest fully automated driverless metro system with a route length of 75 kilometres (47 mi).
[13][14][15] RTA operates approximately 1,442 buses on 107 routes, carrying almost 7 million riders on roughly 179,000 trips a month by the bus service; however the Dubai Metro is a driverless, fully automated metro rail system installed ubiquitously throughout the city.
All trains and stations are air conditioned and equipped with and platform edge screen doors.