(Photo credit: Wikipedia ) You know when a day goes to complete ratshit? When you had plans and they gang aft agley? It was tha...

(Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Sarah and I for some time now have been playing a most diverting and totally childish game - number plate ...

 (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) The RTA's been and gone and removed the daily cap on its popular Salik road toll, so now if you p...

(Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Back in 2007, when Dubai's Salik road toll was first talked about, there were rumblings and mumbli...

Image via Wikipedia Gulf News today reports that a 'study' by the Dubai Roads and Transport Authority has led to them proposing two...

Image by Getty Images via @daylife You could perhaps feel sorry for Dubai's RTA (Road and Transport Authority) faced as it is (and dou...

Image via Wikipedia Popped off to get the car registered, a tad late admittedly. Was just girding the old loins to do it when I was amazed t...

Image by Qiao-Da-Ye賽門譙大爺 via Flickr I have frequently posted in the past about my regular cabbie Mr. G and the iniquitous conditions th...

Image via Wikipedia The Roads and Traffic Authority of Dubai has extended the deadline for entries to the Dubai Sustainable Transport Award....

Image via Wikipedia "Hello, RTA." "Hi. I need to renew my driving license. What documents will you require?" "You c...

The RTA has finally officially owned up to blocking the rush hour short cut through the desert between Sharjah and Dubai in today's E...

As Dubai's "integrated response" to the "challenges of the traffic issue" kicks in, we are seeing increased regulati...

So now you can pay for your Salik using your mobile. Whoopee. I don't need that service, thanks to the Dubai e-government payment portal...

If you've got a 4WD, there's a sandy snicket between Sharjah and Dubai that lets you miss all that nasty, snarled up traffic in the ...

I do agree wholeheartedly with Kipp's slightly grumbly blogpost about the RTA's adoption of social media. If they're really get...

Do go to the RTA's new Sharekni website and have a giggle. Yes! Thanks to the brilliance of the RTA, you can now register to share your...

We should be hearing from the RTA soon, presumably once it's finished clapping itself on the back on the successful construction of an ...

It stands out among the many fine examples of the Worst Advertising In The World to be enjoyed on Dubai’s radio stations, in particular Duba...

The scenes outside our local ADNOC have started to become apocalyptic: a line of 45 buses stretches out onto the sand-roads behind the petr...

Salik is a joy to the hearts of many Dubai residents. There are few things that make me happier than passing under that smashing RFID-tabulo...