Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Executive Council, H.H. Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation honored today the institutions, companies and individuals winning the tenth session of the Dubai Award for Sustainable Transport, which is one of the Roads and Transport Authority initiatives to motivate the public and private sectors to contribute to reducing traffic congestion and preserving the environment. Upon his arrival to the concert headquarters at the Dubai World Trade Center, His Highness was received by Matar Al Tayer, Director General and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Roads and Transport Authority and a number of directors of departments and institutions in the government and private sectors. His Highness and attendees watched a film on the Dubai Sustainable Transport Award, highlighting its efforts in promoting environmental preservation and natural resources and applying the principles of sustainable development as constituting the future of the human being and its well-being and the consolidation of the concept of collective transportation and the march of the development of the award that completed its tenth year in which review of the continuous growth in categories and number of posts The honorees, attendees and topics I discussed. Then, His Excellency Victor Calis, Commissioner of the New York State Mayor's Office for Persons with Disabilities, gave a speech in which he touched on the daily challenges that people of determination travel through various means of transportation, as well as the lack of infrastructure for road networks for this category. "As a Commissioner of the New York City Mayor's Office for Disability Affairs, I work hard to make New York City the most accessible city in the world," he said. Calis expressed his pleasure at the progress made by the UAE in improving the quality of life for the category of people of determination and the commitment of the Executive Council in Dubai to facilitate the access of people of determination to the city's buildings and public facilities completely by 2020, where during my participation in the Dubai Forum for Comprehensive Development held in 2015, I witnessed the great development What has been achieved in education, infrastructure and transportation systems .. He pointed out that New York State has implemented in the state's subway project the system that exists in the Dubai metro to facilitate the movement of people with visual disabilities by tracking the ground signs that guide them to the gates or to the sites designated for them in vehicles. He added, "In 2016 we issued the first version of the New York Accessibility Report, which is an annual report that talks about the situation of people of determination in New York City and narrates the details of the important achievements of our office and the work that is still in progress, and we established a strong group of employees as responsible for services. People of determination in all city agencies to make facilitating access for people of determination at the forefront of everything we do as public sector employees and policymakers in New York City. " Calis emphasized that 50% of New York taxis will have wheelchairs by 2020, and the Taxi and Limousine Commission has adopted new laws that increase access to the taxi fleet and to common transportation services as well. "We are on the cusp of a new technology revolution, a revolution similar to the Ford Model T," he said. "This revolution will dramatically change the means by which people spend their daily lives, and in preparation for our advanced technical future, the Chief Technology Officer’s office launched the first call for innovations in an effort to develop new ideas." Innovative to improve the lives of all New Yorkers, including people of determination, as New York is currently exploring ways to benefit from advances in vehicle technology, so that all vehicles are available to everyone, regardless of the type of disability. For example, there will be bicycle-sharing programs in "smart city" systems that are more accessible to people who are blind or have low vision through double bicycles. As for people with physical disabilities and old age, triple bikes will be provided for them. As for the roads, the pedestrian paths that will be associated with the sidewalks will be tested in addition to reducing the speed of the vehicles that would reduce traffic related deaths. The "smart city" systems will also include heating technologies that automatically detect snow and will use steam from the city network to ensure that the sidewalks are always clear in order to eliminate the difficulty of movement that many people of determination face during inclement weather, as well as expanding the installation of pedestrian signals and developing touch maps that will provide Additional information for pedestrians of determination. After that, His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, accompanied by His Excellency Mattar Al Tayer, honored the winners of the various award categories, as Al-Futtaim Engineering Technology Company Limited won the first place in the category of mobility management for the Excellence in Mobility Management initiative by incorporating the optimal activities and organization that contributed to Reducing the number of vehicles used in transportation from 400 to 360 and reducing fuel consumption and carbon emissions harmful to the environment and public health. And Study World Education Services ranked second on the mobility management initiative through effective planning and outstanding service. The Dubai Police General Command came third on the initiative to manage mobility through privatization. In the transportation safety category, Gulf Pinnacle Transport Company won the first place for the Integrated Safety Model and Smart Initiatives Project, which includes a risk management center that deals with the important elements of transportation safety and resulted in no accident being recorded for 200 trips daily transporting 7000 passengers. Arabia Taxi Company came in second place for a drive without fines and without accidents, and Al-Otaiba Public Transport Company won third place for the initiative "Safe Driving Without Accidents." His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum also honored ENOC Retail Company, which won first place in the category of environmental preservation, for a sustainable and smart fuel stations project that contributes to environmental protection. The project presents four initiatives focused on sustainability through a new concept to build and operate fuel stations on The basis for reducing carbon footprint and harmful emissions. This project is expected to produce 193 megawatts of power from the plant depending on the photovoltaic cells, and a system has been installed to control the vapors and volatile gases supported by passive cooling technology and it is expected to generate 35000 liters per year of fuel in addition to reducing energy consumption using LED lighting systems and installing variable pumps the speed. And Emirates Transport Corporation won second place on the project of converting diesel buses to work with natural gas. DP World ranked third on the Smart Truck Management Fleet initiative in the container region. In the category of initiatives related to people of determination, the Integrated Transportation Center in Abu Dhabi won first place for the smart debit card project, which contributed to providing a safe and comfortable transportation service for people of determination and providing appropriate discounts for them, providing comprehensive statistics for the number of beneficiaries, training drivers to transport people of determination and also contributed to the presence of smart service To request the vehicle .. Sharjah's Social Services Department ranked second on the Mobile Medical Clinic Initiative for Seniors and People of Determination. His Highness honored the winners of the special awards category, as journalist Angel Tsurero of Khaleej Times won the award for best media for her media efforts in encouraging mass transportation, preserving the environment and raising the level of safety in transportation. In the category of Best Academic Research, Dr. Khawla Al Kaabi from Emirates University won the award for her research on investigating the behavior choices of passengers heading to Dubai International Airport. Muhammad Ali Khalil, Khaled Hamad and Abdullah Shanayleh won the second place for research related to modeling road noise using unconventional techniques. Dr. Young From the University of Khalifa University ranked third for his research on estimating real-time navigation through the use of artificial intelligence and GAS applications in Dubai. The honoring included winners in the category of best student project, where Rahul Vijay from Manipal University won first place for a project to design a brake system for avoiding accidents, and secondly, Sultan Ahmed Ali, Omar Ismail Ibrahim, Muhammad Ahmed Musa and Saeed Abdel Nasser from the Applied Technology High School for a smart helmet driver program Bikes The third place award went to Muhammed Shujhan Omar from Manipal University for a hydroelectric engine design and maintenance project.