01 August 2019

Dubai is currently building an advanced transport system through several vital projects that will serve the expected 25 million visitors of Expo 2020 Dubai, a media report said.

“Expo 2020 Dubai is cooperating with government institutions to provide a unique transportation experience to all visitors,” Ahmed Al Khateeb, CEO of real estate development at Expo 2020 Dubai, said to the Emirates News Agency Wam.

“Plans have been drafted according to the highest international standards, to provide visitors with a leading mass transportation system, which includes the Dubai Metro, buses, and taxis, as well as private cars,” he added.

Al Khateeb explained that the expo’s three main entrances and the Dubai Metro entrance, as well as the availability of 30,000 parking lots, will ensure smooth entry and departure to and from the expo, noting Expo 2020 is expecting 25 million visitors to the six-month event, whose site was designed to accommodate 300,000 at the same time.

Ahmed Hashim Bahrozyan, CEO of Public Transport Agency and chairman of Readiness Committee for hosting Expo 2020 Dubai, said that the Roads & Transport Autority (RTA) has drafted a comprehensive plan to provide safe and easy transportation to the visitors.

The plan includes the implementation of Route 2020, a 15-km extension of the Red Line of Dubai Metro to Expo 2020, to transport 44,000 people in both directions every hour, he added.

Bahrozyan noted that the RTA has completed its airport road project to increase the road’s capacity to handle the expected 95 million passengers travelling through Dubai International Airport in 2020. Also, the development of 9-km-long Al Yalayis road with four tracks in each direction, while work is under way to develop the roads leading to Expo 2020, which cost more than Dh3 billion ($816 million).  

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