TRAFFIC CONGESTION IN DHAKA CITY: POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS

Ashrafur Rahman, A. K. M. Fazlul Hoque

Abstract


The study was conducted to explore the root causes and impacts of current traffic jams and suggest an appropriate strategy to wipe out this problem of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. A mixture of both qualitative and quantitative methodologies was considered for data collection and analysis. The study shown the causes of traffic congestion of Dhaka, namely, inefficacy and poor execution rate of current traffic code of practice, existence of too many regulatory authorities, violation of traffic rules, defective planning of city roads, excessive vehicles, illegal occupancy of roads and footpaths, want of communication set-up and logistic provision, inadequacy of traffic management team and shortage of public vehicles. It was exposed by the study that Dhaka's traffic situation is not friendly for improved living standard. Environmental risks, severe air and sound pollutions and serious loss of public health are the end results of Dhaka's traffic jam. Moreover, both micro and macro economical situation of Bangladesh is being exaggerated due to this problem. The study strongly recommended that an up-to-date and integrated strategy is needed to cope-up the current traffic chaos of Dhaka. Initiation of subway, introduction of road pricing/congestion charge, construction of bypass roads for inter-city connectivity, investment of adequate public money, steps for regain the illegally occupied footpaths, more construction of communication infrastructure, ban of rickshaw and other non-motorized vehicles, increase of public awareness program, logistic support and public bus are identified by the study as potential solutions of Dhaka's congestion.

 

Article visualizations:

Hit counter

DOI

Keywords


traffic jam, subway, road pricing, public awareness, potential solution

Full Text:

PDF

References


Alam, M. J. B. and Habib, K. M. N. (2003). 'Effects of alternative transportation on congestions and air pollution in Dhaka city.' Journal of Civil Engineering, 31(2), pp. 165-175.

Arif, M.S. (2013). Role of Dhaka metropolitan police (DMP) in present traffic management system of Dhaka city. Master's thesis. BRAC University.

Assignment Point (2015). Traffic jams in Dhaka city. Assignment Point (2016) Report on traffic congestion in Dhaka city. Available at: http://www.assignmentpoint.com/arts/modern-civilization/report-on-traffic-congestion-in-dhaka-city.html(Accessed: 12 January 20166).

Barnamala, M.T., Sultana, S. and Taniya, R. K. (2015). 'Reasons behind the heavy traffic jam in Dhaka city.' International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Development, 2(2), pp. 470-473.

BRTA (2015). Number of registered motor vehicles in Dhaka (year wise). Available at: http://www.brta.gov.bd/images/files/statistics/stat_dhk_11-15.pdf (Accessed: 25 December 2015).

BRTA (2016). Year wise report for vehicles registration. Available at: http://www.brta.gov.bd/statistics.html (Accessed: 2 April 2016).

Fang, K. (2014). Can We Build Dhaka out of Traffic Congestion? Available at: http://blogs.worldbank.org/endpovertyinsouthasia/can-we-build-dhaka-out-traffic-congestion (Accessed: 11 May 2016).

Hadiujjaman, K. (2015). Traffic jam of Bangladesh and solution of this problem. Available at: http://eforing.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/traffic-jam-of-bangladesh.html (Accessed: 23 December 2015).

Hart, C. (1998) Doing a literature review. London: SAGE Publications Ltd.

Harwell, M. R. (1999). Research design in qualitative/quantitative/mixed methods- chapter 10. Available at: http://www.sagepub.com/sites/default/files/upm-binaries/41165_10.pdf (Accessed: 21 April 2016).

Hervey, J. (2000). Urban land economics. 5thedn. London: Macmillan press Ltd.

Khan, M. A. (2007). When shall we get rid of Dhaka city traffic jam? Bitter truth. 20th October, The Daily Star, Bangladesh. Available at: http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-8033 (Accessed: 9 February 2016).

Khan, S. M. and Hoque, M. S. (2013). 'Traffic flow interruptions in Dhaka city: Is smooth traffic flow possible?' Journal of Presidency University, 2 (2), pp. 46 - 54.

Khan, K. and Islam, M.R. (2013). 'Estimating costs of traffic congestion in Dhaka city.' International Journal of Engineering Science and Innovative Technology (IJESIT), 2(3), pp. 281-289.

Mahmud, K., Gope, K. and Chowdhury, S. M. R (2012). 'Possible causes & solutions of traffic jam and their impact on the economy of Dhaka city.' Journal of Management and Sustainability, 2(2), pp. 112-135.

Shamoo, A. E and Resnik, D. B. (2003). Responsible conduct of research. New York: Oxford University Press.

Shamsher, R. and Abdullah. M. N (2013). 'Traffic congestion in Bangladesh- Causes and solutions: A study of Chittagong Metropolitan City.' Asian Business Review, 2(3), pp. 13-18.

Taleb, M. A. and Majumder, S. (2012). 'Impact of flyovers in Dhaka city of Bangladesh on the affected people in the adjacent area.' International Journal of Engineering and Technology, 4(1), pp. 103-106.

The Daily Star (2015). Rethinking the roots of Dhaka's traffic congestion. August 22. Available at: http://www.thedailystar.net/op-ed/politics/rethinking-the-roots-dhakas-traffic-congestion-130456 (Accessed: 27 December 2015).




DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.46827/ejsss.v0i0.371

Copyright (c) 2018 Ashrafur Rahman, A. K. M. Fazlul Hoque

Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

The research works published in this journal are free to be accessed. They can be shared (copied and redistributed in any medium or format) and\or adapted (remixed, transformed, and built upon the material for any purpose, commercially and\or not commercially) under the following terms: attribution (appropriate credit must be given indicating original authors, research work name and publication name mentioning if changes were made) and without adding additional restrictions (without restricting others from doing anything the actual license permits). Authors retain the full copyright of their published research works and cannot revoke these freedoms as long as the license terms are followed.

Copyright © 2016 - 2023. European Journal Of Social Sciences Studies (ISSN 2501-8590) is a registered trademark of Open Access Publishing Group. All rights reserved.

This journal is a serial publication uniquely identified by an International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) serial number certificate issued by Romanian National Library. All the research works are uniquely identified by a CrossRef DOI digital object identifier supplied by indexing and repository platforms. All the research works published on this journal are meeting the Open Access Publishing requirements and standards formulated by Budapest Open Access Initiative (2002), the Bethesda Statement on Open Access Publishing (2003) and  Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities (2003) and can be freely accessed, shared, modified, distributed and used in educational, commercial and non-commercial purposes under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Copyrights of the published research works are retained by authors.