The GOOD news...
ABU DHABI residents will be able leave their cars at home and catch a free ride on one of 125 new air-conditioned buses going into service on Monday, transport officials say. Saeed al Hameli, the general manager of the transport department’s bus office, said the biggest challenge would be getting people to use the new service.
The service is the first step in a public transport programme that will see 1,360 air-conditioned buses operating in the emirate by 2010. The initial phase, under which 258 new and refurbished buses would be assigned to busy routes, would cost Dh700 million (US$190m). A report by the Department of Planning and Economy said the UAE lost about Dh5 billion a year because of road congestion.
The BAD news...
The free journeys would last until the end of the year, officials from the Department of Transport said yesterday.
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