With regard to your editorial, We need more linked cycleways (December 31), Al Ain could be a perfect place for such a project.
It already has wide streets and low traffic levels, and many of the most beautiful forts in the UAE are there.
The city could create a track that connects the most important old buildings and parts of the desert, including going through some of the oases to the hot water springs. It would be a tourist magnet.
The city is such a precious garden that it deserves to be known by more foreigners.
Omar Jaramillo, Germany
I loved to cycle when I lived in the UK. I'd bike to work, to go shopping and for nights out.
I miss it a lot, but I'd only cycle here if there were no crazy drivers.
Dinky Dani Lapin, Dubai
I lived in the UAE for two years, but now I'm back in the United States. One thing which I wish the UAE had was a better system of cycle tracks.
It's really nice to be able to ride my bicycle to work year-round here in Texas.
Aaron Ebertowski, US
Official ways to report drivers
Some people have responded to the issue of able-bodied drivers parking in bays set aside for disabled people (Disabled drivers want stronger penalties for unregistered users of designated parking, December 30) by proposing a "name and shame" system by posting photographs of their cars with the plate numbers displayed.
The Dubai police website, www.dubaipolice.gov.ae, can be used for that purpose.
If you're handicapped and someone without the right to do so parks their car in a space dedicated for handicapped drivers, then I believe you have the right to take a photograph and alert the police via the app, providing the date and time.
The authorities will then investigate and get in touch with you.
Mathew Litty, Dubai
We should use the police app, which you can download for your phone, to take a photograph and send it to them so they can take action.
But still, I think we should all be able to do this anonymously.
Mohammed Ali Al Marzooqi, Dubai
I get so angry when I see ignorant, selfish people take parking spots that are clearly designated for disabled drivers.
Yes, stiffer penalties and actual enforcement need to be implemented.
Shondale Jackson Galindo, Qatar
I say we should clamp offenders' cars and impound them for a minimum of one month, with no option of getting them released by paying a fine.
Not having a car for a month should send the right kind of message.
Bernard Vallely, Abu Dhabi
We need to keep the good in mind
It's important to point out the good news, as Rym Ghazal does in her column (Don't forget the good news and the heroes of 2015, December 31), because headlines so often concentrate on the doom and gloom.
I'd like to see more of this from time to time, and not just at the end of the year.
Dave Pryce, Dubai
Never has a truer word been spoken and from the heart, with no malice or finger-pointing but full of optimism and positivity.
Kudos to Rym Ghazal. May all her future articles be as hopeful as this one.
Name withheld by request
Take a chance on new jobseekers
In relation to your news story, The UAE job market is not doing its job (December 28), it is important to remember that nobody can gain experience without working.
When a fresh graduate hunting for a job gets an interview, the chances are that he or she will be asked for experience.
My advice to employers would be to hire that person, let them learn and then see how capable that individual is at performing their job.
I believe that's the reason why the Ministry of Labour has implemented the probation period.
Mohamed Asham, Abu Dhabi
No mystery: it's a hoverboard
With relation to your news story, Filipino priest delivers mass on a hoverboard (December 30), it seems God is not the only one who moves in mysterious ways.
I think the answer should be a longer robe and then he could have swept the congregation off their feet.
Name withheld by request
