Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) will offer NoI card holders free Metro, water and bus rides on November 1, commemorating its fifth anniversary. "The initiative aims to explain the benefits to individuals of using public transport such as the physical and psychological relief. It will also help curb carbon emissions from vehicle exhausts," Mattar Al Tayer, Chairman of the Board and Executive Director of RTA, was quoted as saying in 'Gulf News'. He was addressing the 125th anniversary of the International Association of Public Transport (UITP) in Brussels. RTA aims to raise the percentage of Dubai residents using public transport from the current 11 per cent to 34 per cent by 2020.