DUBAI: His Excellency Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has inaugurated the Dubai Taxi Corp.’s (DTC) new control center, which has been equipped with the latest technologies for monitoring and operating the taxi service.
An RTA media advisory said the center also “monitors negative practices of offensive drivers; enables electronic surveillance of taxi movement; verifies compliance with work controls; and moves stopping and late-coming vehicles.”
RTA also said DTC has automated 38 out of 61 services and launched the drivers’ stress measurement system operated via cameras fixed in the taxi’s interior to focus on the driver’s face only to monitor his motion and condition to detect any signs of fatigue or emergency conditions.
The system sends automated alerts to the driver and cautionary signals to the control center to assure the safety of drivers and riders.
It also enables quick response to the calls of drivers and directs them to areas experiencing high demand. Lastly, the system measures the daily efficiency of vehicles movement, analyses data, and acts appropriately to step up the performance level.
