Major causes for the congestion of Dhaka city

Submitted by : Submitted to :

Group 2 Dr. Farzana Rahman

Assistant Professor, CE,UAP

Group Members

Bipasha Sharman Akhi ------ 11205002

Steve Evan Halder ------ 11205003

Bourhan Uddin Rabbani ------ 11205011

Md. Rakibur Rahman ------ 11205015

Hasibul Ahsan Habib ------ 11205039

Context

What is congestion?

Dhaka City and Congestion

How to reduce Traffic Congestion

Major causes for the congestion

What is congestion?

In simply congestion defined as a condition in which road traffic is very slow, with many queues and traffic jams.

common scenario of Dhaka city

Dhaka City and Congestion

Dhaka is the capital of Bangladesh.

Population :More than 1 crore people

Dhaka is also one of the world's most densely populated cites.

8th largest city in the world.

400,000 cycle-rickshaws running on its streets every day, the city is described as the Rickshaw Capital of the World.

Transport Media in City of Dhaka

1) Rickshaw

2) Motor cycle

3) Taxi

4) Private Car and

5) Public Bus

Current traffic percentage in Dhaka

Public Bus, 30%

Rickshaw, 30%

Private Car, 25%

Taxi, 11%

Others,4%

Public Bus Rickshaw Private Car Taxi Others

Time loss due to congestion

In this mega city, people on an average spend 2.20 hours in the traffic of which 1.15 hours are due to traffic jam. It means they are loosing 1.15 hours everyday due to traffic jam.

Proper Trans-portation time

40%Time loss due to congestion

60%

Poper Transportation time

More than 1000 million passengers travel by road every day, worldwide.

If a passenger lose 1 minute everyday , in traffic congestion,

total annual time loss is

700,000 YEARS !!!

“

”

Traffic Congestion cost: Traffic congestion in Dhaka eats up USD 3 billion a year

Road accidents:Pedestrians do not use footbridges to cross roads, risking their lives as reckless driving continues in the city and accident occur..

Major causes for the congestion

  The following reasons are responsible for traffic jam in Dhaka city:-

City lay-out (master plan) and over-population Inadequate and unplanned roads Heterogeneous vehicles and inadequate public

transport Rail crossing & Poor roadway Insufficient parking arrangement and road blockage

City lay-out and over-population:

It is observed that the skeleton, structure and lay-out of Dhaka City are not well-planned and well-directed. Dhaka is also a highly populated city. More than one crore people live here and the figure is increasing day by day. This huge population acts as an auto-catalyst of traffic congestion in Dhaka City.

Inadequate and unplanned roads : The minimum road requirement is 25% for a standard city, whereas

Dhaka has only 7.5% road of its total area which is creating huge traffic. Moreover, if we look at the map of Dhaka city, the road connection of north and south is comparatively better than east and west which is causing people to take a longer route to travel.

Heterogeneous vehicles and inadequate public transport:

Dhaka is a city of heterogeneous vehicles. Human puller to latest model automobile, mechanical to non-mechanical, slow to fast-moving, nothing left on the road of Dhaka.

Besides this, public transport system in Dhaka city is not adequate and properly-routed.

Rail crossing & Poor roadway:

Everyday we are experiencing movement of 74 trains to and from Dhaka. On an average, it takes five minutes to get the clearance for each crossing. Thus in one crossing, everyday the vehicles stop for six hours that is really difficult to offset & also the poor roadway quality,

Insufficient parking arrangement and road blockage Due to haphazard parking of vehicles and road blockage Commuters cross the road

at their own risk as illegally parked vehicles block up several lanes on the street

How to reduce Traffic Congestion More public transport systems.

Respect the law

Private participation in road development.

Low budget development of junctions .

Use zebra cross and foot over bridge.

Widening of busy roads

Traffic police should do their duty properly

Good traffic system

Invalid travel must be prohibited.

Pedestrian facilities should be increase.

Cycle path should be providing.

Proper planning and monitoring ensured.

Political interface must be avoided.

Increase street parking facilities.

THANK YOU