RTA adds parking use to Nol Card services
Dubai - Roads & Transport Authority:
The Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) has expanded the range of services offered by the Automated Fare Collection Card, branded as Nol Card, to include the use of parking service. Nol Card holders can now use their cards to pay for the parking fees in all paid parking zones across Dubai Emirate.
A statement to this effect was made by Mohammed Al Mudharreb, Director of Automated Fare Collection Card Dep’t at RTA Corporate Technical Support Services Sector, who confirmed that RTA had achieved this integrated services process, thanks to the coordination between the Automated Fare Collection Card Dep’t and Parking Dep’t at RTA Traffic & Roads Agency.
“RTA has added parking service to Nol Cards uses in the context of its endeavours to enhance the integration of transit mode systems in the Emirate and realize its vision of providing Safe & Smooth Transport for All. This new service addition opens up new horizons for possible uses of Nol Card as RTA is seeking to use it in services that go beyond transit services in future” said Al Mudharreb.
For his part Adel Mohammed Al Marzooki, Director of Parking Dep’t at RTA Traffic & Roads Agency, commented: “The Dep’t has upgraded the technical specifications and reconfigured the Central Control System of the Dep’t to track the processes of using the Nol Card in the parking machines such that they support the harmonious and integrated use of all Nol Card services”.
He further added: “The Nol Card has been activated to include the use of parking machines at all controlled parking zones in the Emirate. At the time of service activation, the number of parking machines topped 3128 machines, and the number is steadily on the rise with the expansion of the controlled parking zones in the Emirate. Upon the use of the Nol Card, the applicable parking fee at the parking machine will be debited without any surcharges.
“The use of Nol Card to pay for the parking fees through the parking machines is receiving growing public attention in Dubai Emirate as it is compatible and easy-to-use, and the monthly average of the service usage has so far exceeded 170,000 tickets. The procedure of using the Nol Card in parking machines is similar to the use of the Prepaid Parking Card” said Al Marzooki in a final statement.
The total number of Nol Cards sold has reached 1.2 million cards; which have been used in more than 28.8 million journeys in Dubai Emirate during the first three months from the launch of the service in September 2009.
This number of Nol Cards has been sold through various selling outlets of the RTA, Sales Agents and Service Operators. Through introducing the Nol Card service, RTA aims at achieving integrated use of transit modes in Dubai Emirate, and ensuring convenient and smooth mobility of Nol Card users across the city of Dubai.
