Dubai Taxi Corporation (DTC) at Dubai's Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has increased the number of school buses operating for the new 2021/2022 academic year.
Over 440 buses will be in use.
The initiative will help ensure safe and smooth school transport services for students and will encourage parents to switch to public school transport rather than using private vehicles.
Over 7,300 students have signed up for bus services with around 22 schools in Dubai using DTC school buses.
The drivers and attendants are qualified to handle emergency cases, are certified in first aid from the Dubai Corporation for Ambulance Services and have attended other training programmes aimed to provide service to students.
Devices to monitor and track the buses and students have also been added for additional safety.
The devices include cameras and sensors that will ensure that students do not get left behind in the bus, an emergency button to communicate with the control centre, a GPS-based electronic tracking system, Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) system and an engine self-extinguishing system, which are in line with the highest global safety standards.
Parents can also track the movement of the bus and students from the pick-up and drop-off points as well as an indicator to measure the happiness and satisfaction of parents.
Mansour Rahma Al Falasi, CEO of Dubai Taxi Corporation, said, “Dubai Taxi Corporation is making exceptional efforts to further enhance the confidence of parents in our school transport services. DTC has taken extensive precautionary measures to ensure the safety of students such as sanitising school buses before and after the boarding of students and limiting the usable seats to 50% of the bus capacity. Through these measures, we intend to comply with the local and global practices of curbing the spread of COVID-19, and ensure that students are well protected and feel happy during their journeys from and to schools.”
To avail of the service, visit the Dubai Taxi website.