Traffic jam in

Causes Impact
Dhaka city

Solutions
 Traffic jam in
Dhaka City

Bangladesh is a most densely populated country in the world. The Traffic jam is the main and
common problem in the country, especially Dhaka and Chittagong district. Dhaka is mega city and
Dhaka is the capital of Bangladesh. More than twelve million people live in Dhaka and the
population of Dhaka is increasing rapidly. So, many problems created by its huge population. Every
day about seven hundred thousand rickshaws ply in road of Dhaka and the huge number of
rickshaws is creating a Traffic jam in the city. Almost all the street is getting jammed by buses, CNG
and rickshaws.

Traffic jam has become a regular feature of Dhaka city. Traffic jam obstructed increasing our trade
and commerce. If we out from home for office or school, we may face jam and only twenty minute
way may take two hours because of the jam. So that we need more time to reach our destination and
we lose our valuable time. The students also face problems to attend their class times. For Traffic jam
we cannot complete our task write time so our trade and commerce affected. We cannot provide
goods and material with in due time. We have to spend half of the day on the road if we want to go
somewhere in the city. It also polluted our environment because many vehicles gathering together
are created sound and air pollution.
 Transportation
medium in
Dhaka City

The main transportation mediums

that are used in Dhaka City are –

Public Bus
1) Public Bus, ( 32% ) Rickshaw
2) Rickshaw, ( 17% ) CNG
3) CNG, ( 10% ) Private Car
4) Private Car ( 27% )
Motor Cycle
5) Motor cycle. ( 14% )
 Wastage time
due to
Traffic Jam

In this mega city, people on an average spend 2.35 hours in the traffic of which 1.30 hours are due
to traffic jam. It means they are loosing 1.30 hours everyday due to traffic jam.
Figure shows that people are loosing 55% of their traffic hour during staying in the traffic. They
can convert this time into valuable work that might add something to our economy.

Proper time
Wastage time
 Causes of
Traffic Jam

• Significant increase in population and centralization,

• presence of motorized and non-motorized vehicles on the same street,
• Traffic mismanagement,
• Poor transportation and infrastructure planning,
• Lack of planning of City Road,
• High migration from rural to urban area,
• Absence of mass traffic system,
• Lack of integration,
• Footpath occupied by hawkers,
• No parking policy in Bangladesh,
• Short term plan.
 Impact of
Traffic Jam

The impact of traffic jam on Dhaka City can be viewed in three ways.
The ways are –

 Impact on economy,
 Impact on health, and
 Impact on environment
 Extra Extra fuel
transportation consumptions
cost

Impact on economy Economy

Loosing
Vehicle operating man-hours,
cost
 Breathing problem Headache

Impact on
Impact on health Health

Mental stress Hearing problem

 Solutions of
Traffic Jam

 General people’s point of view,

 Vehicle operators point of view,
 Expert’s point of view.
 Office/School
time scheduling

Public Strict traffic law

transportation implementation

General people’s point Awareness

of view building

Flyovers Subway
 Dedicated road
Decentralization
for vehicles

Vehicle operators
Flyovers
point of view

Strict traffic law

implementation
 Short
basis

Mid
Expert’s point of view term
basis

Long term
basis