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Condition of Bus Services of Dhaka City

INTRODUCTION Dhaka is one of the fastest growing and highly dense cities of the

world. The city comprises of about 12 million people within its 1,529 sq km land area . The rapid spread of the city and growth of its population over the past decade has led to a massive demand for transportation. However, this increased demand for transportation has not been matched by providing sufficient investment in transport infrastructure, services and management . As a result, traffic and transport condition of the city have seriously deteriorated. Transport environment of the city could be characterized by congestion and delays, inadequate traffic management, high accident rates, increasing air pollution problems, public transport crisis, and unaffordable and inaccessible public transport for many people. Bus is the only mode of mass public transit available in Dhaka City. However, bus service of the city is in unsatisfactory condition due to lack of proper maintenance, planning and management, and uncontrolled development.

Bus Services Bus services available in Dhaka city

could be categorized in two groups:

Counter bus service Local bus service

Condition in bus industry According to BRTA, up to March, 2008 there is 6488

number of authorized buses in Dhaka City and many of these buses are operated by individual owners. Drivers and crews in most cases rent the buses on a daily or monthly basis. They then operate the buses on their own revenue risk, requiring enough passengers per day to repay the bus rental fees cover fuel cost, basic maintenance cost and make a profit. As a result the present bus industry of Dhaka city has not been developed as a healthy one. Due to the poor condition of bus industry, there is lack of coordinated control of these buses and no route commitment resulting in time wasting, aggressive competition on roads and waste of resources. Rough behavior of bus crews, unsafe driving practice, dangerous boarding and alighting by passengers in the middle of roads, nosing of buses are the results of fragmentation in bus ownership.

Problem of bus service Lack of safety Unorganized ticket collection systems Irregularity in service Fitness of buses Shortage of law enforcing agencies

Overall road condition In Dhaka City, roads after construction has no regular

improvement measures to counteract the road delays due to the poor road surface condition. Moreover, most of the roads do not fulfill the geometrical criteria, proper right of way and proper use of different elements regarding road grades and sub grades. Effective road width is reduced by presence of dustbin and hawkers. In some places construction materials for building purposes are placed on the roads. Due to the above reasons natural movement of buses are interrupted. In addition to that haphazard parking of vehicles due to the deficiency of parking places, inefficient width and use of footpaths restrict the free movement of buses along the roads.

Mass Rapid Transit System BRT Line 1Uttara –Saidabad

BRT Line 2 Gabtoli –Saidabad

BRT Line 3 Uttara –Ramna-Sadarghat

MRT Line 4Uttara- Saidabad

MRT Line 5Gulshan 1-2, Mirpur-Mohammadpur

MRT line 6Mirpur- Saidabad

Circular Waterways around Dhaka

Total Length-110 km.Already Completed: Sadarghat to Ashulia (30

km); Dredging: 17.44 lakh m3.

To be Completed: Ashulia to Kanchpur (40 km); Dredging: 34.73 lakh m3.

Sadarghat

Ashulia

Kanchpur

CONCLUSION The public transport systems of the city failed to

serve the needs of mass people and also failed to maintain an adequate level of service at prices affordable for the poor. It was found that most of the respondents are very unsatisfied with the waiting time as they have to wait for a longer time for the bus. The number of high capacity buses and their service level need to be increased to cope with the current demand. Hence, transport facilities of the city should be provided keeping in mind the population growth, economic development, and future travel demand of the city.

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