The Roads and Transport Authority, RTA, has scooped the ‘Leadership Award for Outstanding Contribution towards Building Smart Cities Award’.

Abdullah Ali Al Madani, CEO of RTA's Corporate Technology Support Services Sector, received the award in recognition of his outstanding performance and strenuous efforts towards transforming Dubai into the smartest city worldwide within three years.

An announcement to this effect was made during the Smart Cities Summit and Awards Congress, recently held in Mumbai, India. The event saw wide participation from as many as 130 countries as well as hordes of decision-makers, experts and specialists in smart cities, transportation and technologies from all over the world. The event is synchronised with the World CSR Congress and the World CSR Day.

Al Madani said that he was impressed by this achievement of the RTA in such a vital discipline, which constitutes an immense contribution towards transforming Dubai into the smartest city worldwide within three years, a top priority of the Dubai Government. Achieving such an objective entails offering decent living conditions for the population of the emirate including citizens, residents, visitors and tourists, and making them happier. It is one of the initiatives that the government has been directing governmental and quasi-governmental institutions to implement for the interest of the whole UAE populace.

"RTA is always keen on utilising the latest technologies to facilitate procedures and e-transactions in order to assert leadership worldwide in this field, which has become a key pillar of modern life and a prime mover of development aimed to achieve superior quality of life to citizens, residents, tourists and visitors. The achievement also culminates RTA’s tireless efforts in adopting the world’s top technical standards with regards to promoting and providing GIS services in a sustainable, seamless and solid manner," added Al Madani.
Source :WAM