Parking in Dubai to be paid service on Saturday-Sunday

Even after the UAE transitions into a four-and-a-half-day workweek, Paid parking in Dubai will continue to remain free on Fridays from the New Year.

The free parking on Fridays and public holidays will remain in place “until further notice”.

This means that public parking would be a paid service on the new Saturday-Sunday weekend.
This came as Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) announced new working hours for Metro, tram, vehicle testing centres, service centres and Floating Bridge closure.

The new timings are effective from Monday, January 3, 2022
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Red and Green Lines will be in operation Monday to Thursday from 5am to 1.15 am. On Friday and Saturday, the Metro lines shall operate from 5am to 2.15am. On Sunday, the Metro will be in service from 8am to 1.15am.

Dubai Tram: Service hours from Monday to Saturday will be from 6am to 1am. On Sunday, the tram will be in service from 9am to 1am.

Floating bridge closure: the new closure times of the Floating Bridge shall be from 10pm on Saturday up to 6am on Monday (From February 2, 2022).