Sustainable Transport Developments for Dhaka City

The rapid urbanization process, high vehicular population growth and mobility, inadequate transportation facilities, and inadequate traffic management practices have created a significant worsening of traffic and environmental problems in metropolitan Dhaka. The greater challenge thus for transportation professionals is to develop a sustainable transport system that meets the basic mobility needs of all urban dwellers at desirable safety and avoids the unacceptable level of congestion. This article reviews the strategic transport plan for Dhaka in qualitative and quantitative method and points out that unsustainable transport initiatives were so far undertaken to improve traffic situations in Dhaka. A sustainable city is one designed to address social, environmental, and economic impact through urban planning and city management. It is high time to undertake a long-term approach as well as emergency remedial measures to rectify the damage caused by the injudicious transport initiatives to the economy, environment, poverty reduction initiatives, and sustainable development and recommend the key issues for the sustainable transport plan for Dhaka