2 A hot topic of interest to policymakers in UAE and other c

2. A hot topic of interest to policy-makers in UAE and other countries is Future Mobility. Write at least 2-page to discuss this topic, highlighting its relation to Sustainable Transportation and Intelligent Transportation System.

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Recent government initiatives aimed at reducing transport carbon emissions and transforming transportation to intelligent and autonomous modes has thrown the spotlight on the UAE to be one of the best countries in the world, as the countdown begins to the 3rd International Conference on Future Mobility in Dubai.

The UAE has already seen a series of announcements from various government entities towards achieving the goals outlined in the national agenda of the UAE Vision 2021, and Dubai’s Autonomous Transportation Strategy.

With electric vehicles standards and regulations now in place and with autonomous driving becoming a core component of future mobility, the UAE’s federal standardisation governing body, the Emirates Authority for Standardisation and Metrology (ESMA), launched in August 2017 a project to develop a draft of the technical regulations that includes safety requirements and specifications for self-driving vehicles.

ESMA will present the project at the 3rd International Conference on Future Mobility (ICFM), which takes place from 7-8 November 2017 at the Grand Hyatt hotel in Dubai.

ESMA has formed a team of strategic partners that includes the Federal Authority for Land and Maritime Transport, the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA), the Dubai Police, the Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) and other partners from federal and local authorities to participate in drafting and discussing the draft.