Dubai To Get 65 km Suspended Transport System, Sheikh Hamdan Approves New Plans; Details Inside

When it comes to development, Dubai is a hotbed for them. The government here is truly trying its best to ensure that the emirate is always undergoing development so that the living experience for the residents can be better. Keeping up with this, His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammad bin Rashid Al Maktoum who is the Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence of the UAE and the Chairman of the Executive Council of Dubai has approved a series of new plans. Yes, with the aim of boosting the Emirate’s leadership in several sectors, one of the major highlights includes the Suspended Transport System, Cashless Strategy, and Integrated Real Estate strategy, to name some.

Suspended Transport System Is Coming To Dubai

We also approved several key strategies to support the Dubai Economic Agenda D33. Through the Real Estate Strategy 2033, we aim to raise the value of real estate transactions in Dubai to AED1 trillion and double the sector’s contribution to the emirate’s GDP, reaching AED73… pic.twitter.com/n5iEYxs66v

— Hamdan bin Mohammed (@HamdanMohammed) October 1, 2024

While the Crown Prince of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammad bin Rashid Al Maktoum has given a green light for several strategies, the one that has been creating quite a stir is the Smart Mobile Strategy. Yes, it is expected that by 2030, Dubai will be able to automate 25% of all trips. This will be done through the implementation of the newly approved 65 km system that will connect Umm Suqeim Street, Al Khor and Zabeel. What is novel about the new system is that it will increase the share of public transport journeys in Dubai to 26%. Not to mention, it will also be integrated with other modes of transportation to help people move around the emirate efficiently.

Besides this, the aim is also to make Dubai Cashless. Yes, the Dubai Cashless Strategy aims to position Dubai as one of the top five cashless cities globally by 2033. Moreover, the Dubai National Archives Project also aims to preserve the history and heritage of the Emirate. In accordance with the highest global standards, documenting and archiving the Emirates government records, achievements, history, and cultural heritage, they aim to preserve the story, so that it can be passed down to future generations. This project directly contributes to the Dubai 2033 Plan, which is included in the social economic agenda.

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Sheikh Hamdan Approves Education Strategy 2033

.@HamdanMohammed chairs @TECofDubai‘s meeting; approves the Education Strategy 2033, the Real Estate Strategy 2033 and Dubai Cashless Strategy. pic.twitter.com/WKarLMvBmt

— Dubai Media Office (@DXBMediaOffice) October 1, 2024

Sheikh Hamdan also approved the Education Strategy 2033, which is under the Dubai Social Agenda 33. With lifelong learning in Dubai, the focus is on providing world-class education from early childhood through to higher education. It aims to build a student-centric system that nurtures talent and creativity while equipping students with essential life skills to prepare them for the future. He also approved the Integrated Real Estate Strategy, which aims to increase real estate transactions by 70%. This will in turn multiply the value of Dubai‘s real estate folio by 20 times to AED 20 billion. Involving the rolling out of a series of programmes over the next decade, it’s bound to raise homeownership rates to 33% which is also the aim.

So, with so many important projects being given the green light, we can certainly imagine how Dubai is going to be transformed in the coming years.

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