Dubai introduces app to ease jobs of parking inspectors

Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has announced the introduction of a new smartphone app to facilitate the job of parking inspectors, and ease the processing of parking permits. The step is part of RTA’s efforts to equip inspectors with top-notch devices, and ensure the speedy processing of parking permits as well. “Following the introduction of the app, which guides inspectors to vehicles in breach of the rule governing public parking in Dubai, a new feature has been added to the app,” said Maitha bin Adai, CEO of RTA Traffic and Roads Agency. The feature is to enable the speedy processing of applications for issuing or renewing permits related to booking parking slots, occupying pavements, investing private land plots as parking areas as well as private parking permits for citizens, bin Adai elaborated. Recently, Twitter had plans to open an office in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which will be its first office in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, according to a report. Twitter’s plan to open the Dubai office was part of the company’s efforts to better serve local users, partners and advertisers, and would be the latest in its efforts to boost its global offline presence. With inputs from IANS