Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) is investing AED 1.6 bn in 82 projects as part of its Digital Strategy 2023-2030, according to a press release. The strategy aims to employ “100% fintech-driven mobility, increase digital service adoption to 95%, 100% digitize RTA’s employees’ capabilities, and develop 50 AI-based models,” the transport authority said.

The regulator developed the strategy in line with RTA’s Strategic Plan 2024-2030, which aims to transform Dubai to a “20-minute city,” with 80% of daily services reachable within a 20-minute walk or cycle by 2030, through improving accessibility and implementing a multi-modal transport system. The strategy also falls under the umbrella of the Dubai Digital Strategy.

The strategy will be carried out in four phases over seven years, with the preliminary phaseincluding seven projects worth AED 466 mn, the first phase including 62 projects worth AED 829 mn, the second comprising 10 projects valued at AED 249 mn, and the third with three projects worth AED 100 mn. The authority did not disclose what projects will be implemented in each phase.

RTA will track the strategy’s progress: The authority will assess the strategy’s effectiveness based on 12 indices including, the expediency of adopting digital services, consumer satisfaction with smart services, compliance with the technical systems governance framework, asset connectivity with the Internet of Things index, the data products index, and the cloud computing readiness index.

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