Dhaka needs to turn transport chaos into capacity

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Despite the pressing demand for a modernised urban transportation system to keep pace with the exponential growth of Dhaka, the bustling capital of Bangladesh, every effort to attract private sector investment has fallen short in replacing the dilapidated public vehicles over the years casting a shadow on the ambitious vision for a connected metropolis, where the pace of life would seamlessly harmonise with the speed of progress.

As skyscrapers scrape the sky, accommodating a larger number of people, and the cityscape undergoes transformation, the endeavour to secure essential funds for overhauling the transportation infrastructure has placed decision-makers in a quandary, juggling the complexities of advancing while maintaining financial feasibility.

Amidst the substantial government investment in recent years to bring about significant infrastructural changes in the capital’s road transport sector, a prevailing sentiment suggests that, since the private sector continues to dominate Dhaka’s roads for public transportation, increased private sector investment is also imperative as it is considered crucial for replacing the rundown buses and other public transportation, aiming to reinstate order and discipline — a goal that appears unattainable without these changes.

Questions also arise about the fruitfulness of the hefty public investments, as little change is evident on the roads in meeting the demand for standard public transport and curbing overall disorder in the transport sector.

Since Bangladesh gained independence, the population of Dhaka city has increased manifold in around five decades. Many policymakers and researchers believe that the actual number of people living in Dhaka is much higher than that set by government statistics.
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