Public Transport Mismanagement and Its Effects in Dhaka City

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10.2991/978-2-38476-110-4_93How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Transportation system; Traffic mismanagement; Intelligent transportation system

Abstract

Dhaka is the most disordered city in the world ranking as the 10th largest megacity in the world. Most of the main roads in Dhaka city are blocked for 24 hours. Pedestrians and sidewalks are jammed at roadside shophouses, road signs are lacking, simple directions, zebra crossing, people don't know how to use bridges, parking turbidity. It's bad in the area, institutional failures and regulatory systems, unprofessional drivers, a tendency to overtake and corruption of traffic controllers is a daily occurrence. Of all traffic accidents, 70% of victims are pedestrians. For the ultimate solution to the burning issue, it is time for the Government to come forward for the safety and comfort of citizens on the roads. This study is intended to provide an overall summary of daily street scenarios of Dhaka city life and analyze solutions to traffic jams especially. The 3-step review process consists of searching and retrieving articles, screening and sorting, and final inclusion. It turns out that much is needed to bring about change in the Bangladeshi Transport sector in the city of Dhaka. Government should come forward with proper transportation facilities, put skilled drivers, contactors, maintain and repair existing local buses and provide good number of new buses on roads r. The conclusion obtained in this study is that the main problems of Dhaka city arise due to several reasons, namely a densely populated city with unaware people, lack of public transportation, corrupt police officers and lack of footpaths and roadblocks with mini shops.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Shainima Islam
AU  - Refius Pradipta Setyanto
AU  - Devy W. Apriandi
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/11/07
TI  - Public Transport Mismanagement and Its Effects in Dhaka City
BT  - Proceedings of the 4th Green Development International Conference (GDIC 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 979
EP  - 987
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-110-4_93
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-110-4_93
ID  - Islam2023
ER  -