Paid parking system complete in Tecom area

Paid parking system complete in Tecom area 29 April 2013 The paid parking system in Dubai Internet City, Dubai Media City and Dubai Knowledge Village is complete, the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) said in a statement on Sunday. Parking lots in this area will be classified as paid parking zones which are paid through coins, text messages, silver and blue Nol cards and prepaid cards, in addition to the reserved parking spaces designated for employees of Tecom Business Parks only, with a validity of three months, six months or one year. CEO of RTA Traffic and Roads Agency Maitha bin Udai said: “Streamlining parking slots in this area aims to provide more effective solutions to cope with the growing traffic movement.  This move will have a positive bearing on the business community in the area, as it will ease the traffic congestion at peak hours, and gives priority to company employees to reach their workplaces.” She stressed that the RTA would book traffic violators who use the reserved parking areas, adding that the seasonal cards issued for the public parking were not valid for use in the free zone area.  “Parking slots have been provided in multi-level vehicle parking lots, where the ground and first floors are designated for hourly parking, while the upper levels are solely designated for permit holders,” she continued. She spoke about an increase in the number of public transport trips to the area since April 2, besides the introduction of express transport routes starting from some vital sites in the Emirate of Dubai and directly outbound to Dubai Internet City, Dubai Media City and Dubai Knowledge Village within the Tecom Zone. “These routes cover Discovery Gardens, Ghubaiba Station, Deira, Satwa Station, in addition to introducing and increasing internal transit routes running from the metro stations adjacent to Tecom within the zone. The RTA is also working on increasing the number of air-conditioned bus stops, and a direct bus route was opened from the Al Quoz area on April 1.   news@khaleejtimes.com Taylor Scott International