Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity (BJKS) has proposed a 12-point recommendation geared toward assuaging net site visitors congestion in Dhaka, which involves a call to pause the registration of diminutive vehicles similar to motorcycles.
BJKS Secretary Typical Mozammel Haque Chowdhury presented these recommendations at a press convention titled ‘Public transport crisis: The fundamental source of Dhaka’s awful net site visitors congestion—metropolis residents need reduction’ held at Dhaka Newshounds Team spirit on Sunday (6 October).
In his written speech, Mozammel Haque acknowledged, “The voters of the capital are caught in a awful net site visitors congestion thanks to the scarcity of appreciate for the principles and guidelines of the passengers. It takes bigger than 4 to 5 hours to dawdle from one pause of the metropolis to one other.
Chowdhury acknowledged that net site visitors congestion in the capital is losing approximately 8.2 million working hours each day. The excessive expend of non-public vehicles contributes to the disorder on the roads, stopping folks from taking advantage of the enhancements in public transport.
Basically based on Bangladesh University of Engineering and Skills (BUET), he acknowledged, the annual monetary loss introduced about by this net site visitors congestion quantities to Tk50,000 crore.
The recommendations put forth encompass the introduction of improved metropolis bus companies and products and the institution of devoted bus lanes thru bus route rationalization.
They known as for a ban on the motion of tiring vehicles, similar to pedal rickshaws and straight forward bikes, on Dhaka’s main side freeway corridors, as effectively as making certain that footpaths are reserved for pedestrians. If valuable, flyovers in the median of roads wants to be constructed to facilitate more uncomplicated motion.
Besides, the recommendations point out digitising net site visitors alerts and imposing a digicam-essentially based completely enforcement system similar to those worn in developed countries, allowing penalties for net site visitors violations to be deducted without extend from the bank accounts of transport owners or drivers.
To boot they indicate for prohibiting bike parking, loading, and unloading on main roads and imposing the expend of zebra crossings, foot overbridges, and underpasses for pedestrian crossings whereas banning hand crossings.
The organisation known as for the formation of a net site visitors congestion monitoring team with specialists from the Dhaka Transport Coordination Authority (DTCA), Dhaka North Metropolis Corporation, and the net site visitors division. This team would possibly possibly be in price for identifying congestion points and proposing rapid solutions.
To boot they indicate exploring concepts to retain Dhaka’s entrances obvious of net site visitors jams and counsel compare-essentially based completely changes to net site visitors alerts at intersections. As an illustration, alerts at smaller intersections with two or three lanes must silent remain inexperienced for one to two minutes, whereas these at better intersections with three or four lanes must silent final for 2 to three minutes.
The recommendations also encompass the institution of transient terminals, similar to converting the gap shut to Gulistan Park valid into a terminal to alleviate congestion on Mayor Mohammed Hanif Flyover.
Traffic expert Kamrul Hasan, Barrister Asaduzzaman Fuad, joint secretary overall of the AB Celebration, Tawhidul Haque Liton, vice president of Jatri Kalyan Samity, M Monirul Haque, joint secretary overall, Publicity Secretary Mahamudul Hasan Russell and others shared their insights on the event.
