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	Dubai - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Silhouette of a dhow in the Bur Dubai creek
		Dubai is unusual in that its population comprises mainly expatriates, with UAE nationals (Emiratis) constituting the minority.
		The town of Hatta is an exclave of the emirate of Dubai and borders Al Wajajah, Oman.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dubai (4800 words)

	Dubai International Airport - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Dubai International Airport (IATA: DXB, ICAO: OMDB) is a major air facility (located at 25°15′11.36″N, 55°21′12.66″E in Dubai, a city in the United Arab Emirates.
		Dubai International Airport will be complemented by Jebel Ali International Airport, a new 140 sq.
		The Metro system is not expected to be fully operational until 2012.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dubai_International_Airport (453 words)

	Emerging Markets Economic Briefings
		Dubai's integrated highway systems with multiple merging lanes are modern, but have shown their saturation limits as a growing population, cheap fuel, and lots of liquidity keep the number of cars on the roads steadily increasing.
		The population of Dubai is expected to double in the next 10-15 years and the average number of daily trips on Dubai's roads is likely to increase from 3.1m now to 13.1m in 2020, AFT reported.
		Dubai has been the most adaptable, diversified, and successful market in the Gulf region, and therefore has been the first to experience the gridlock and infrastructure strain that characterises such growth.
	www.oxfordbusinessgroup.com /weekly01.asp?id=1394 (1134 words)

	Les Editions La Vie Du Rail
		The inauguration of the extension of the Meteor, automatic metro in Paris, was held in December in the presence of a guest that Gilles de Robien made sure to greet during his speech: Nasser Saeed, director of Dubai’s department of routes and president of its metro project.
		Dubai will mark a point in the Middle East: the creation of a high-tech metro, entirely automatic, would be a first for the region…even if Riyad, interested in a similar project, could rapidly go the same route.
		The July 2003 preliminary study by Systra and the municipality of Dubai calls for the creation of an automatic metro with sliding platform doors, entirely air conditioned, with ticket sales based on a contact-free pass, the installation of which is currently being carried out in buses.
	en.webvdr.com /info_DUBAI_0402.php (1101 words)

	MENAFN - Middle East North Africa . Financial Network News: DUBAI — Dubai's Metro rail system will be the longest ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		DUBAI — Dubai's Metro rail system will be the longest fully automated system in the world when the project will be completed in 2012, according to Dr.
		DUBAI — Dubai's Metro rail system will be the longest fully automated system in the world when the project will be completed in 2012, according to Dr. Abdelqader Elshabani, Dubai Municipality's Transportation Planning Specialist.
		Dubai Municipality plans to take on the City's growing traffic congestion and transportation problems by increasing the stake of the public sector in the transportation market.
	www.menafn.com /qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=88802 (596 words)

	DubaiCityGuide.com : Special Features - Dubai Metro — the longest driverless metro in the world
		The Dubai Metro will be one of the most advanced urban rail systems in the world and will be the catalyst for tourism, financial and economic growth.
		The objective of the new metro, consisting initially of two lines and scheduled to go into revenue service in 2009, is a 16,000 people per hour per direction capacity for the Red Line and 7,400 for the Green Line, by 2015.
		Once in full operation, the Dubai Metro is projected to carry approximately 1.2 million passengers on an average day, and 355 million passengers per year.
	www.dubaicityguide.com /specials/index.asp?id=1189 (364 words)

	albawaba.com middle east news information::Dubai Metro Project to cost Dh14 billion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Dubai Property Group (DPG), the association of professionals involved in the region’s fastest-growing real estate market in Dubai hosted Dubai Municipality in a seminar attended by over 100 DPG members and non-members.
		Dubai Metro will support Dubai’s growth and on-going success.” Dubai Municipality plans to take on the City’s growing traffic congestion and transportation problems by increasing the stake of the public sector in the transportation market.
		Dubai’s integrated transportation solution targets an increase of public transport market share from 4.7% to over 17% over the next 15 years.
	www.albawaba.com /en/countries/182651 (588 words)

	Khaleej Times Online
		DUBAI — The Dubai Metro Higher Committee will encourage major companies involved in the project’s implementation to appoint UAE nationals in most of the jobs, Qassim Sultan, Director-General of Dubai Municipality and the head of the committee, said yesterday.
		Dubai metro will also soon launch a large-scale marketing and promotion campaign to acquaint the public with the pioneer role the service will play as a mass transit mode.
		It is expected that the foundation stone of Dubai Metro would be laid in a key area of Dubai.
	www.khaleejtimes.com /DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/theuae/2005/September/theuae_September440.xml§ion=theuae&col= (454 words)

	Khaleej Times Online
		DUBAI — Work has commenced on the ambitious Dubai Metro project expected to be a major commuter corridor.
		Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) announced the commencement of work on the mass transit project at a ceremony held at the Mina Al Salam yesterday.
		The Dubai Metro project is a key facet of the integrated transport system that the RTA is striving towards to better cater to the needs of a growing city.
	www.khaleejtimes.com /DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/theuae/2006/March/theuae_March699.xml§ion=theuae (406 words)

	MENAFN - Middle East North Africa . Financial Network News: Dubai Municipality has awarded National Central Cooling Co. ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Dubai Municipality has awarded National Central Cooling Co. (Tabreed) a Dhs3 billion contract to provide district cooling services to the Dubai metro...
		Dubai Municipality has awarded National Central Cooling Co. (Tabreed) a Dhs3 billion contract to provide district cooling services to the Dubai metro project.
		This massive project will comprise 43 metro stations that will initially require a cooling load of 36,000 TR (tonnes of refrigeration) and upon completion, the cooling load will peak to 350,000 TR.
	www.menafn.com /qn_news_story_s.asp?storyid=106731 (330 words)

	UAE - The Official Web Site - News
		The metro planners and social workers are jointly working out a convenient formula in which this group are well taken care of in the metro.
		On the metro side, Adnan Ahmed Al Hamadi, Director of the Execution of the project, RTA, said the proposals would be submitted to the project consultant for further study and then will be referred to the RTA board for the final nod.
		The metro will be able to commute 27,000 passengers at a time on a single train on one direction, which will be 12% of the total commuting expected to rise in Dubai by 2020.
	www.uaeinteract.com /news?ID=145 (2774 words)

	Dubai Metro to be operational in 2008 :: Gowealthy.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Dubai Metro to be operational in 2008 :: Gowealthy.com
		Dubai Metro, the ambitious light rail project that will cross the city, will handle 1.85 million travelers a day by 2020, according to a project official.
		The metro project is part of Dubai Municipality's master-plan for an integrated transport system that will consider rail as part of a network including buses, water transport and cars.
	www.gowealthy.com /realestate/news/392/detail.asp (442 words)

	UAE nationals will occupy most metro jobs - Zawya.com \| Middle East Business News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		He said that a large-scale marketing and promotion campaign about the Metro would soon be launched to acquaint the public with the pioneer role it is going to play as a mass transit mode.
		Saeed said that a mechanism was agreed with DURL (Dubai Urban Rapid Link), the consortium undertaking the project, to dig tunnels in various parts of the city as well as with suppliers of the electronic control systems for the Metro.
		The committee plans to run Dubai Metro as a major investment project in order to provide the public with the most appropriate mass transit and public transport facilities.
	www.zawya.com /story.cfm/sid181590 (300 words)

	Gulf Times â€“ Qatarâ€™s top-selling English daily newspaper - Finance & Business
		DUBAI: The Dubai government awarded a $3.3bn contract yesterday to a consortium led by Japanâ€™s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to build a high-tech passenger rail network across the Gulf emirate.
		Dubai, which is aiming to become the regionâ€™s prime business and leisure destination, has an estimated annual population growth of 6%, according to municipality figures.
		Many of the urban areas in Dubai, one of seven city states that make up the United Arab Emirates, now experience severe traffic congestion, and the average number of daily road trips is expected to increase from 3.1mn to 13.1mn by 2020.
	www.gulf-times.com /site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=38454&version=1&template_id=48&parent_id=28 (813 words)

	AlShindagah Online
		The need for the Dubai Metro has been exacerbated by the city’s increasing population, which is placing increasing strain on the road network.
		The population of Dubai has grown from 183,000 in 1970 to around 1.1 million today, and is expected to grow at an annual rate of 6.4% to reach 3 million inhabitants by 2017.
		For commuters in Dubai the light rail system promises to be a time and hassle saving means of getting around the city, while tourists and other visitors will also benefit from the ease and convenience of one of the world’s most advanced metro systems.
	www.alshindagah.com /septoct2004/lightrail.html (1047 words)

	Dubai Metro to launch massive marketing and promotion campaign \| Dubai Municipality (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Dubai Metro will soon launch a large-scale marketing and promotion campaign to acquaint the public with the pioneer role it is going to play as a mass transit mode.
		The metro will also unveil a special logo of its own, that was recently approved by Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, UAE Minister of Finance and Industry and Chairman of Dubai Municipality.
		'The Dubai Metro Higher Committee, based on these directives, will encourage the major companies that are involved in the project's implementation to appoint UAE nationals in most of the jobs so that, in the end, it is who they have to run the metro when it starts operating in 2007,' said Sultan.
	www.ameinfo.com /67455.html (767 words)

	Dubai
		DUBAI (Business Times) -- Private sector rice exporters in Pakistan are confident about surpassing the rice export target of $1billion for the fiscal year 2005-6, accor...
		DUBAI ' Dubai Ports Authority (DPA) has announced that it has achieved a 22 per cent increase in container traffic during the first half of 2005 compared to the same peri...
		DUBAI (Gulf News) — The UAE economy grew 9.4 percent annually between 2001 and 2004, according to the National Bank of Dubai's latest quarterly report.
	archive.wn.com /2005/08/23/1400/dubai (554 words)

	Dubai metro project to be finalised on Sunday - Zawya.com \| Middle East Business News
		Dubai metro project to be finalised on Sunday - Zawya.com
		Dubai metro project to be finalised on Sunday
		Dubai - Dubai's dream of a light rail transit system will begin to transform into reality on Sunday when Dubai Municipality will sign the contract for the "final design and construction stage" of Dubai Metro Project with the winning consortium.
	www.zawya.com /story.cfm/ZAWYA20050527062835 (139 words)

	Dubai’s Metro to be the longest state of the art fully automated system in the world - Property World ME (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Dubai Municipality’s Transportation Planning Specialist, Dr. Abdelqader Elshabani, presented Dubai’s vision and plans regarding the Dubai Metro Project with a budget of AED 14 billion.
		The metro system will be the longest state of the art fully automated system in the world, stretching to 68.9 kilometres with 44 stations.
		DPG was set forth with a mission to create an association of real estate professionals in Dubai for the purpose of developing strong inter-industry ties and energize business relationships through networking events, informative lectures and seminars and collaboration on industry issues that serve the benefit of all in the real estate industry.
	www.propertyworldme.com /content/html/883.asp (732 words)

	Metroblogging Dubai
		The Chicago musical is to be staged in Dubai at the Madinat Jumeirah from May 4-13.
		Dhow cruise operators in Dubai believe the Bahrain tragedy is unlikely to have any negative impact on cruise tourism in Dubai.
		Dubai has finally realized that it is in desperate need of a mass transit system.
	dubai.metblogs.com (1781 words)

	The Daily Star - Business Articles - Dubai light rail project moves ahead
		DUBAI: The first rail engines to chug across the sands of the Southern Arabian Peninsula this century will soon be selected, according to the promoters of the $3.89 billion Dubai Light Rail Project.
		He said, apart from the appraisal process for the tender, the Supreme Committee in charge of the Dubai Light Rail project is busy evaluating various related sub-projects such as the sourcing of the rail engines and the cars that are to carry the passengers across the city of Dubai.
		Dubai has seen a major spurt of growth since the mid-1990's, and particularly since the establishment of projects such as the Dubai Media City and the Dubai Internet City, which have attracted large numbers of new global, regional and local entrepreneurs and their staff.
	www.dailystar.com.lb /article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=3&article_id=8305 (1032 words)

	DubaiCityGuide.com : Special Features - Dubai Metro System
		In a bold attempt to resolve its ever-increasing problems of traffic congestion and to add more variety to its skyline, the Dubai Municipality has launched one of the most ambitious transport scheme ever to be built in the region.
		The Dubai Metro System will be built around top-of-the-class modern trains, fully air-conditioned and customised to meet Dubai specific requirements.
		Investment costs for the full Dubai Metro System are assessed at a grand total of about 14.3 billion AED, including civil works, stations, system fixed equipment, trains, engineering and financing.
	www.dubaicityguide.com /specials/index.asp?id=1132 (511 words)

	albawaba.com middle east news information::Dubai Metro targets 1.85m travellers a day by 2020
		Meanwhile, visitor numbers to Dubai are set to skyrocket, Dubai would have ground to a halt if the transport challenge hadn’t been addressed quickly.
		The metro project is part of Dubai Municipality’s masterplan for an integrated transport system that will consider rail as part of a network including buses, water transport and cars.
		The 2nd Middle East Rail Project Conference, one of MEED’s signature conferences, is being held at the Courtyard at the Marriott in Dubai, on September 27 and 28.
	www.menareport.com /en/business/189704 (516 words)

	Railway Technology - Dubai Metro
		Dubai has a rapidly growing population and severe traffic congestion problems.
		The population has grown from 183,000 inhabitants in 1970 to roughly 1.1 million today, and the increase is forecast to continue at an annual rate of 6.4% to reach some 3 million inhabitants by 2017.
		The Dubai Metro will be built around 99 modern trains, fully air-conditioned and designed to meet Dubai's specific requirements.
	www.railway-technology.com /projects/dubai-metro (874 words)

	Dubai Metro Network Project - UrbanPlanet.org
		Dubai Festival City is an upscale mixed-use development in 1,600 acres housing at least five hotels, hundreds of apartments and townhouses, a shopping arcade, schools, hospitals, office towers, a business park, large retail facilities, public places, a golf course and large landscaped areas.
		Dubai needs to get a mass transit started soon, before all the tourists come and the infastructure isn't keeping up.
		You factor in all the tourists that visit Dubai each year which is around 5-7 Million, and the commuters from Abu Dhabi, Sharaj, you've got gridlock.
	www.urbanplanet.org /forums/index.php?showtopic=9142 (1475 words)

	مشروح اخبار بولتن ...
		He was giving a presentation on the topic, 'Strengthening Public Transport with the Dubai Metro Project,' during the third plenary session of the first UITP Regional Business Forum of Public Transport in the Middle East and North Africa Region that concluded in Dubai on Monday.
		As the commercial capital of the UAE, Dubai is one of the fastest growing cities in the world,' he pointed out.
		The total Metro boarding will be 124,605 during peak hour and 1.80 million per day and 570 million per year.
	www.irtp.com /news/2005/text.asp?idnewsID=4506 (1239 words)

	Dubai - Wikitravel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Dubai (دبي) is one of the United Arab Emirates.
		Dubai International Airport (DXB) is the largest hub in the Middle East and the home base of the Dubai's flag carrier Emirates.
		According to the official site Dubai Metro construction is expected to start in a few years and complete by 2009.
	wikitravel.org /en/Dubai (3701 words)

	SkyscraperCity Forums - #PROJECT: DUBAI METRO (Light Rail System)
		The metro will be a state-of-the-art, driverless system and have two lines crossing Dubai (Green and Red), travelling in a bored tunnel beneath the central business district and on elevated viaducts through other parts of the city.
		Dubai is more like a "disneyland" or Las Vegas, it's not a real city- more like an Oasis in the middle of the desert.
		Municipality of Dubai's requirement is to move passengers efficiently and reliably with advanced, yet proven, train control technology, and to ensure real-time communication to passengers in stations and on-board.
	www.skyscrapercity.com /showthread.php?t=97253 (1679 words)

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