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Dubai Taxi
Corporation provides smart and environmentally-
friendly buses in new school year.
The Roads and Transport Authority’s Dubai
Taxi Corporation (DTC) is all set for the new
school year 2017 – 2016 by deploying a
fleet of smart buses equipped with state-of-
the-art technologies. The initiative stems
from DTC’s commitment to keep up with
the Dubai government’s drive to provide
excellent and safe school transport service.
Registration is nowopen for students to avail
this school transport service at the schools
under contract, where nearly 3,000 students
from eight schools have participated in this
service so far.
Mohammed Said Al Dhuhori, Director of
DTC’s School Transport, said, “The DTC
considers buying scores of new eco-friendly
buses, fitted with the best safety and security
means. These would be deployed at the
beginning of the new academic year to add
to DTC’s existing school bus fleet tomeet the
growing demands of the transport service.
Thenewbusesareequippedwithsurveillance
cameras connected to designated monitors
at the DTC’s Control Centre. These cameras
can monitor students’ movement on board
including sitting and alighting from the bus.
In addition, these buses are also fitted with a
GPS satellite tracking system, which sends
text messages to informparents of bus times
from and to schools or homes.”
To ensure no students remain in the bus,
DTC’s new school bus fleet is also fitted with
a switch located at the rear of the bus that
requires the driver to walk there to disable it,
and in turn, observe whether students have
exited the school bus.
“The online contract registration is open for
new schools to avail this service using the
smart app (dtc school bus), dialling the DTC’s
Customer Service Centre on 042080555 or
visiting the customer service staff at schools.
These buses have been selected to conform
with the world’s highest school transport
service and in implementation to the
standards, conditions and guidelines issued
by the Public Transport Agency, governing
school transport service providers,” Al
Dhuhori added.