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Possible Causes & Solutions of Traffic Jam and Their Impact on the Economy of Dhaka City

Author(s) -

Khaled Mahmud,

Khonika Gope,

Syed Mustafizur Rahman Chowdhury

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

journal of management and sustainability

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1925-4733

pISSN - 1925-4725

DOI - 10.5539/jms.v2n2p112

Subject(s) - overtaking , noise pollution , capital city , transport engineering , business , bus rapid transit , government (linguistics) , geography , engineering , public transport , computer science , linguistics , philosophy , economic geography , artificial intelligence , noise reduction

Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh, is the most densely populated city in the whole world. More than twelve million people live in Dhaka city. Day by day the number is increasing and most part of Dhaka is badly affected by huge traffic jam. Faulty traffic signaling systems, inadequate manpower, narrow road spaces and overtaking tendency of drivers create pro-longed traffic congestions. Due to traffic jam a substantial portion of working hours have to be left on streets which indirectly put adverse impact on economy. It causes serious air pollution and noise pollution and thus worsens the overall environmental condition. To reduce traffic jam, government can consider construction of roads through east-west connection of Dhaka city, construction of circular embankment-cum-road along the periphery of Dhaka city, grade separated road network system, bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system, and Metro-Rail system. By reducing traffic jam, this city can play a very important role by ensuring healthy environment free from noise and pollution.

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