, Tarik Habib Binoy

Abstract- With the growing of car ownership day by day and side by side lack of adequate parking facilities, the problem of parking has become a serious issue. To address this feature, both various restrictive type of measures and development of off-street parking facilities are usually undertaken. The capital of the country is not an exception of this persistent problem. With a view to reduce congestion by solving parking problem, several off-street parking facilities have been constructed in and around Central Business District (CBD) of Motijheel area. Field investigation suggests that the facilities are constructed without following the general guidelines of off-street parking policy as well as without carrying out Traffic Impact Assessment (TIA). Particularly, to host more than 400 cars at a time, 9 storied parking facilities including basements-cum-30 storied commercial building has been constructed withou