Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) will be the host of the World Congress of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS World Congress) 2024, which marks the first time this signature event is held in the region since launched in 1994. 

 

The event is being held for the first time outside the regions of Europe, North America, Australia and East Asia. The move comes following its nomination by ITS Europe, an organisation to which RTA has recently been affiliated. 

 

The Congress is supported by three prominent entities of the industry - ITS Europe, ITS America and ITS Asia-Pacific. 

 

Mattar Mohammed Al Tayer, the Director-General, Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of RTA, said: "Hosting the ITS World Congress 2024 in Dubai underscores the rising global standing of the Emirate in the field of ITS, the confidence of such reputed entities in the role of Dubai, and the ability of the city to stage successful global events."

 

"The Congress is widely regarded as the top global gathering of ITS and digital solutions of traffic, roads and transportation," said Al Tayer. 

 

According to him, the hosting of the Congress comes in light of the massive steps made by Dubai in advancing ITS as witnessed by the portfolio of smart projects undertaken by RTA in anticipation of the future such as intelligent transport centres, and self-driving transport as well as the enablers of the 4th Industrial Revolution such as the IoT, AI applications, machine learning, big data, robotics, and mobility power solutions. 

 

"RTA is keen to keep abreast of the government’s future directions of transforming Dubai into a smart, innovative and sustainable city that uses cutting-edge telecommunication and digital technologies," stated Al Tayer.

 

"In this regard, RTA is proceeding ahead with the Dubai Smart Self-Driving Transport Strategy aimed at converting 25% of total mobility journeys in Dubai to smart self-driving journeys by 2030. As such, advancing the smart mobility is based on three elements: customer’s centricity, integrated and connected transport and driving innovation and public-private partnerships," he noted.

 

"The prestige of organising the World ITS Congress in Dubai is a further endorsement that we are moving on the right direction towards delivering on the ambitious vision of the Government to build the renaissance, wellbeing and the global image of Dubai," said Al Tayer.

 

"RTA is keen to make every endeavour to be a key and interactive contributor to the drive Towards the Next 50," he added.-TradeArabia News Service