Traffic jam in Dhaka City

problem in our daily life

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Traffic jam in Dhaka is vary common problem. Every day we are facing jam. Government take some positive step .Otherwise we are going big problem in our daily life.

Farmgate Bus Stand

Pick time in Farmgate area and people are faceing lots of problem walking in the VIP road.It is bus stand whole inter Dhaka city.Most of the time bus driver can not follow the rule.Awareness is a big problem in our city life.

Most common and popular ride

Rickshaw is vary popular ride in our country. Most of the people riding in the rickshaw. our low income group people ride this because our road is too narrow. Most of the rickshaw puller do not follow the traffic rule.That is why we are facing lots of problem.


Illegal parking

Another reason of traffic jam illegal parking. Most of the rickshaw puller are do not knowledge how to park rickshaw in the narrow road. They do not have any legal license .

Rickshaw Causing Trafic Jam

The whole road is blocked by rickshaw . Other vehicles have hardly any chance to get a side from the rickshaws . Government should take some possitive step to controlled this traffic jam.

Rickshaw ride the wrong road

Rickshaw puller ride the rickshaw wrong side in the main road. Because he do not know what is right or wrong. They know just ride .Another reason of traffic jam wrong side ride.

Wating for the signal

Malibagh bus stand most of the bus driver illegal parking in the road. They can not follow the traffic rule.Bus driver do not have driving license and vehicle paper.

Pick our in farmgate area

Dhaka is metropolitan city.Most of the outside people come Dhaka to his work. They are day labor like rickshaw puller. Farmgate area most of the road is narrow. So it gather traffic jam every moment in our daily life.

VIP Road senario not acceptable

Unplanned traffic system is big problem in our country.when VIP person go to his /her office traffic police stopped the signal at least 20 minutes ago.so every signal point has too rush in our city. Awareness is a main factor .

Trapped in tailback

Return of a huge number of unfit buses and illegal rickshaws on the streets is the main reason for worsening traffic congestion in the city, say traffic cops and public transport employees.They also blame the tailbacks on a rapid rise in the number of new cars with little expansion of the road network.Special measures to ensure smooth movement of the VVIPs’ vehicles only add to the sufferings of commuters. And to make matters still worse, protest rallies blocking roads have intensified in the last three days.Speaking in return for anonymity, a traffic sergeant said the out-of-condition buses that were banned from the city streets have got back to business with changes on the exterior to look new .

Many factors work behind traffic jams

Faulty traffic signaling systems, inadequate manpower and narrow road spaces and overtaking tendency of drivers create pro-longed traffic congestions and intensify sufferings of commuters keeping people motionless as well as creating suffocating condition in the streets.VIP protocol maintaining is another reason for frequent traffic jams in the streets and divider problem in the city’s different important roads also causes congestion. Besides, illegal car parking, and unplanned road excavating on the same road by WASA, DESA, and telephone and telegraph agencies without any integration among them, are responsible for intolerable traffic jams.

Suitable time for washing glasses

Traffic Jam kills time. So often drivers of the tempo’s and four stock three wheeler vehicles are seen washing their glasses while waiting for a release from the suffocating boring and time killing traffic jam.

Common scenario of Dhaka City

Driver do not go by traffic rules. And there are bus terminals not authorized by the traffic department. The traffic police have failed to do anything about this problem and the situation is going from bad to worse day by day.

Fulbaria

Traffic anomalies in front of Fulbaria bus stand .It is the common scenario in the Dhaka city .Fulbaria bus stand is the busyest bus stop in our city.we need to solve our problem otherwise we lost our time

Buses and trucks NOT allowed on the flyover

When the Mohakhali Flyover was inaugurated, the civilians of Dhaka city assumed that this would prove to be a drastic convinience as far as reducing traffic is concerned. Once again, we were proved wrong. It was CLEARLY mentioned on the signboard when going into the flyover that buses and trucks were NOT allowed on the flyover. At the begining, this rule was followed quite efficiently. But nowadays, similar to all the traffic rules in Dhaka, it is not being followed as much. We frequently see buses or trucks on the flyover, instead of being under it, where , according to the system, they are actually supposed to be.The road under the flyover is where all the bus stands are, and 95% of the time there is heavy traffic due to the congestion of all these buses. But does that imply that the rules are clearly meant to be broken? Buses and trucks, especially here in Dhaka, have the perenial tendancy to travel at menacing speed, completely oblivious of its passenger s safety and also of the other vehicles and civilians on the street. Now the flyover is where a lot of speeding take place, and on top of that, when these mammoth vehicles travel on that road with dangerous speed, it increases the risk of accidents. They often stop when they are not supposed to on the slope going down the flyover to pick up passengers, which, of course, yours truly has mentioned in one of his other posts. Once again, the lack of authoritarian evaluation and the sheer lack of traffic authorities open the door to break the rules so easily.

Road construction and traffic

As if the traffic situation on the roads of Dhaka were not bad enough, road construction on a busy road at a busy time makes situations inequivocally a lot worse. I am quite positive that this is a sight that many have witnessed while travelling on the road. All of a sudden the traffic increases, there is bumper to bumper traffic or hardly any movement at all. The reason? Construcion is being undertaken on a side of the road which usually provides the space for vehicles to move about. The roads or the side of the road that is being constructed takes up a large segment of space, which would be used for the cars and other vehicles. Completely blocking or eliminating that road, that too at a busy time, makes the already volatile traffic situation a lot worse. Let us also not forget the ever so patient attitude of our drivers and rikshawpullers. The picture shows a sign which clearly states “Probesh Nished” (No Entry), yet rickshaws and cars will somehow try and find a magical space through which they can pass through, despite witnessing quite clearly that the construction is being made. Yes, Dhaka needs improvements in the quality of their roads and of course, without a doubt, road construction should be undertaken to improvise the situation. But why at a regular traffic hour? The authorities who regulate such activities can just make sure all this can be done quite late at night, at the late hours when there are hardly any vehicles on the roads. Not only can the workers work to their optimum abilities without being hassled by the drivers and commuters, mind numbing traffic situations will not arise.

Separate lanes for cars and rickshaws

Ask any driver or a commuter here in Dhaka city,the main catalyst for traffic congestion and traffic hazards are rickshaws. There are innumerable rickshaws that can be seen on almost all the roads in Dhaka. Small roads, narrow streets, busy lanes and main roads, you mention it, and the sight of rickshaws will always be present. My main concern is not to make suggestions to completely ban rickshaws, as all of them undertook this tedious profession just to feed their families and live on a daily basis. Rather my suggestion would prove to make life easier for both th rickshawpullers, the vehicle drivers and of course the commuters. Seperate lanes would be the answer. In most busy roads, why not make seperate lanes , one for cars and auto run vehicles, and another, for rickshaws and cycles. With seperate lanes , rickshaws can move about at their own pace, and not be worried about being smashed over by a speeding vehicle, and vice versa, the cars can also benefit from not breaking constantly to avoid hitting rickshaws and can move about with some decent speed. Chances of accidents, although, can happen anytime anywhere, are reduced by a considerable margin, and the commuters on cars and also on rickshaws can have a peace of mind. Managing and controlling traffic will also prove to be much easier for the traffic authorities.