We look at what has been achieved so far and what are the things to come.

Lack of crumbling legacy infrastructure enables this region to develop new key assets at a more robust clip than  in the West

Over nearly eight years - the driverless carriage had carried 1.03 billion passengers.

First-half figure shows a steady growth compared with the ridership reported during the same period last year amounting to 275.2 million riders.

New Dubai tracks will more than double the current 316km length

If you were living in Dubai back in 2006, you might remember that cycling lanes covered about 10km. Now it’s more like 316km. But in the near future? You can expect more than double that.

Cyclists around the city will be delighted to know that plans are being made to expand the tracks to 850km by 2030. That’s a whole lot of room for people to pump their legs.

Cycling lanes in Dubai will expand almost threefold to 850km by 2030 from the current 316km cycle track and only 10km in 2006.

This was announced on Tuesday by the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) during the three-day MENA Transport Congress and Exhibition in Dubai, organised by the RTA and International Association of Public Transport (UITP)

Mona Al Osaimi, RTA director of strategic planning, said: "The RTA has strategic plans to make Dubai one of the best cities in providing cycling lanes and supporting non-mechanical mobility means. It is anticipated that the total length of cycling lanes in Dubai will reach 850 km by 2030 from 316km this year, and only 10km in 2006."

Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), revealed that mass transit means in Dubai comprising the Metro, Tram, Buses, marine transport (Abra, Ferry, Water Taxi & Water Bus), and taxis (Dubai Taxi & franchise companies) had lifted 551.7 million riders in 2017 according to RTA’s Statistics Section. It reflects an increase in the corresponding number recorded in 2016, which amounted to 543.6m riders in total. The daily ridership of public transport means in Dubai last year clocked 1.511m riders.