Dubai has seen a huge uptick in the number of riders – estimated at over 304 million in the first half of 2022 – using various means of public transport and shared mobility in the emirate.
The number of riders in the corresponding period of last year stood at 202 million.
The public transport and shared mobility services run by Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) include metro, tram, public buses, marine transport means such as abras, ferry, water taxi, water bus, and different categories of taxis.
According to RTA, the daily average rate of riders using public transport means, shared mobility and taxis in the first half of 2022 reached about 1.68 million riders, compared to about 1.1 million riders in the first half of last year.
Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the board of executive directors of RTA, said the Dubai Metro and taxis accounted for the biggest share in the number of riders using public transport, shared transport and taxis, with 36 percent for the metro and 29 percent for taxis.
March 2022 was the busiest of all months recording 62 million riders, which coincided with the end of Expo 2020 Dubai.
Ridership in other months ranged from 46 to 49 million riders.
The first half of 2022 saw a 3 percent rise in the ridership rate, in comparison with the same period in 2019 – pre-pandemic period, which indicated the rising demand for public transport as well as the resurgence of economic activity in Dubai, Al Tayer said.
Dubai Metro ridership on both the Red and Green Lines reached 109.1 million riders, while Dubai Tram was used by 3.6 million riders, public buses by 78.6 million riders and marine transport means by 8.2 million riders in the first half of 2022.
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