During his visit to the city of Berlin, His Excellency Mattar Al Tayer, Commissioner General of the Infrastructure, Urban Planning and Quality of Life Track, Chairman of the Supreme Committee for Urban Planning in the Emirate of Dubai, was briefed on the best practices in the field of urban planning, enhancing the quality of life, providing infrastructure, and integrated mass transportation systems.
His Excellency inspected the Radbahn Berlin project, which is a development project to take advantage of the spaces under the metro bridges and transform them into lively corridors for bicycle and pedestrian users, as it combines infrastructure (metro and transportation stations) and public facilities (such as green spaces). With the aim of providing an outstanding experience for users.
His Excellency’s tour included a visit to the headquarters of MOIA, a subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group, a leader in the field of sustainable transportation. He was briefed on the urban transportation services it provides and the company’s plans to expand to create the first fully self-driving transportation network, and a visit to the EUREF campus in Berlin. It is a dynamic center for sustainable innovation that brings together emerging companies, research institutions and government agencies to address pressing challenges in the field of renewable energy, green technology and urban sustainability. His Excellency also inspected the exhibition of Schneider Electric, which provides the latest energy and automation solutions, to provide a brighter future. Sustainability for the city and beyond, and was briefed on energy monitoring and smart lighting systems, energy storage solutions, and the infrastructure for charging electric vehicles. His Excellency concluded the tour by inspecting the Zeemobase laboratory, which is a multimedia station based on renewable energy.
His Excellency Mattar Al Tayer stressed the importance of this visit in learning about pioneering experiences in the field of urban and transportation planning, and identifying the strategic challenges facing major cities, including population growth rates, and enhancing sustainability and quality of life in cities.
His Excellency said: We seek to benefit from the experiences of leading global cities in urban planning, and employ them to achieve the goals of (Dubai Urban Plan 2040), so that Dubai will be (the best city for living in the world), indicating that the plan aims to provide sustainable and flexible transportation options that contribute to facilitating movement. According to the plan, until the year 2040, we seek to have 55% of Dubai’s population live within a distance of 800 meters or less from mass transit stations. We aim to double the green and recreational spaces by 105%, and to provide more than 80% of services to residents within twenty minutes of travel.
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