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Title: Traffic jam in Dhaka city.
Post by: sethy on September 24, 2012, 09:56:44 AM

Dhaka is a mega city. More than twelve million people live here. Day by day the number is increasing and most part of Dhaka is badly affected by the population growth. More than 7 hundred thousand rickshaws ply the city road, but only 75 thousand have legal number. This huge number of rickshaws is creating traffic jam. From time to time attempts are made to reduce the number, but the initiative usually produces no results. The number of rickshaw pullers is huge. Almost there are no roads or street or lane free from traffic jam.

(http://freshclick.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/0305.jpg?w=720)

Title: Re: Traffic jam in Dhaka city.
Post by: sethy on October 03, 2012, 01:51:24 PM

(http://s3.hubimg.com/u/5310978_f520.jpg)

Primary Reasons of Dhaka Traffic Problem:
1) Less roads and unplanned city.
2) Small area and rapid vertical expansion which is against the norms of city planning.
3) Increasingly more people in a small area whic is rapidly increasing vehicular traffic in the limited  city area.
4) Absence of good quality road and mass transportation system.
5) Lack of coordination among city service providing agencies.

Title: Re: Traffic jam in Dhaka city.
Post by: sethy on October 03, 2012, 01:55:27 PM

Remedial Measures


1) Immediate measures to stop further construction of any building above five floors in central Dhaka ( the area between Buriganga and Turag). Kolkata did it 35 years back . More other cities of the world also have done this.


2) All connected agencies/experts along with expert representatives of all the political parties together should make a plan for better road  and traffic system for Dhaka which the govt should execute in phases. The plan should incorporate short, medium and long term measures and suggest immediate construction of flyovers at major pressure points.


3) Dhaka City Corporations power should be strengthen like a City Government.


4) Indiscriminate parking, growth of slums, roadside shops/vendors etc need to be checked and gradually removed.

Title: Re: Traffic jam in Dhaka city.
Post by: sethy on October 03, 2012, 01:57:09 PM

5) Basic building codes published in govt gazette, to be circulated and pasted on walls of all Mahallas and Paras with instruction for public to inform DCC and RAJUK as to its violation by anybody . Stern action should be taken on such information/complaints and city dwellers informed of the action taken thereof.


6) Stern action should be taken against those who have already constructed buildings violating RJUK’s building code.


7) Laws to be enacted to discourage/stop  import/purchase of big size( Pajero /BMW/HUMMMER/ vehicles above 18000cc etc) govt and private vehicles other than public transports. This will enable vehicles to occupy less road/parking space and also entail less fuel consumption and consequential less foreign currency expenditure.


8) Introduce  quality mass transportation systems  to discourage use of private transports.


9) Connect Dhaka with nearby towns( like Comill,B Baria, Joydebpur,Gajipur, Mymensingh,keraniganj,Dhamrai etc) by good road and shuttle train systems.


10) Encourage producing mass transports within the country by our own technical experts of BUET and other( BMTF,PROGOTI, Sayedpur Railway Workshop etc) institutions.


11)  Undertake massive family planning scheme.

Title: Re: Traffic jam in Dhaka city.
Post by: tamim_saif on November 21, 2012, 08:18:37 PM

steps to solve jam:::

1.  appoint some 100% honest traffic officer
2. implement traffic rule
3. make people conscious

if these are done whatever the condition of road there will be no jam.

Title: Re: Traffic jam in Dhaka city.
Post by: sethy on November 26, 2012, 10:08:21 AM

Thank you sir for sharing your view

Title: Re: Traffic jam in Dhaka city.
Post by: irina on January 07, 2013, 11:25:09 AM

True. We're experiencing horrendous traffic jam everyday. It kills our spirit.

Title: Re: Traffic jam in Dhaka city.
Post by: bcdas on February 20, 2013, 04:41:26 PM

what about today.............................?

Title: Re: Traffic jam in Dhaka city.
Post by: nayeemfaruqui on February 21, 2013, 11:11:29 PM

Informative post..

Title: Re: Traffic jam in Dhaka city.
Post by: Sharmin Jahan on February 26, 2013, 12:36:13 PM

very necessary post.

Title: Re: Traffic jam in Dhaka city.
Post by: anam on February 26, 2013, 12:58:21 PM

the scenario gets worse in case of any public gathering and patients in Ambulance are the worst sufferers indeed.

Title: Re: Traffic jam in Dhaka city.
Post by: sethy on January 15, 2014, 08:04:35 PM

We have to be more conscious to get rid of the problem.

Title: Re: Traffic jam in Dhaka city.
Post by: A.S. Rafi on February 01, 2014, 02:19:01 PM

I think  the government should put a limit in buying private transport. That might help.

Title: Re: Traffic jam in Dhaka city.
Post by: bcdas on February 05, 2014, 06:09:37 PM

I think, Government should take steps to remove the traffic jam from Dhaka City mainly.
 
Besides, we can use the techniques of Transportation Problem which is a special branch of Operations Research in Mathematics.
By using the transportation and assignment  techniques, we can save our time and also minimize our cost and maximize our satisfactions, but Government must take steps for implementation of the same.


 
 
 

Title: Re: Traffic jam in Dhaka city.
Post by: taslima on February 06, 2014, 11:54:03 AM

Traffic jam is very painful for our life. it's kill  your valuable time every time.

Title: Re: Traffic jam in Dhaka city.
Post by: nadimhaider on February 16, 2014, 09:29:47 PM

 It's very painful & time waste traffic jam but not rickshaws also huge number of private car.

Title: Re: Traffic jam in Dhaka city.
Post by: R B Habib on February 17, 2014, 05:02:53 PM

We all should be aware of the fact, be concerned to make a change and then/ at the same time Government must implement policies to lessen the pain. Only then we can expect change. I have seen our neighbor country like India where every road is under 24-hour surveillance (at least in Delhi) & people follow and abide by signals. I hardly found any traffic jam during my multiple visits.
If and only traffic jam (*definitely another one is Political hassles  ;) ) is lessen from Dhaka we can go much ahead that what we are today undoubtedly.

Title: Re: Traffic jam in Dhaka city.
Post by: bcdas on February 22, 2014, 04:43:06 PM

 live in Dhaka, only 20 minutes away from my university; but I get out from my house about 1 hour and 15 minutes before class will start. Because of terrible traffic jam, most of the time it takes about an hour to reach university. I remember a week, right after Eid-ul-Fitr Dhaka city was like half empty, at that week I went to university in 20 minutes.

Dhaka is a mega city. More than twelve million people live here. Day by day the number is increasing and most part of Dhaka is badly affected by the population growth. More than 7 hundred thousand rickshaws ply the city road, but only 75 thousand have legal number. This huge number of rickshaws is creating traffic jam. From time to time attempts are made to reduce the number, but the initiative usually produces no results. The number of rickshaw pullers is huge. Almost there are no roads or street or lane free from traffic jam.

(http://sifatuddin.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/1448431-dhaka_jam_time_for_a_tempo_wash-bangladesh.jpg?w=510&h=333)

Title: Re: Traffic jam in Dhaka city.
Post by: Antara11 on March 22, 2014, 08:22:11 PM

The time wasted in traffic jam could be used for some productive works. Nevertheless, this jam makes us tired, exhausted, irritated. >:(

Title: Re: Traffic jam in Dhaka city.
Post by: Mosammat Arifa Akter on March 31, 2014, 10:58:39 AM

Equation
15 mins= 90 mins (by traffic jam)

Title: Re: Traffic jam in Dhaka city.
Post by: irina on April 03, 2014, 02:04:52 PM

Really horrifying pictures.
Suggestions are good especially this one----
' :)Introduce  quality mass transportation systems  to discourage use of private transports'