Comparative Post-Feasibility Studies of Circular, Semi-Circular and Local Bus in Dhaka City

Abstract

City is just like a living organism and the transportation system is just like the blood circulation system of that living organism. Different motorized and non-motorized vehicles are seen running in street of Dhaka city to meet the transportation demand of the inhabitants of the city. Buses play an important role in Dhaka city for movement. Bus trips constitute 27% of total trips by mechanized model and passengers-kilometer traveled by bus is about 40% of passenger kilometer traveled by mechanized mode. Three types of buses. i.e. Circular, Semi-circular, Local buses under government or private ownership are rendering different types of services. Considering different standard, it was revealed that local buses were taking too long time to complete a trip in Dhaka City. Passengers identified different problems of bus journey. According to the passengers ‘Questionnaires Survey’, 60% passengers considered the waiting time of buses at the stoppage was high, 62% considered the congestion within the bus was high and 66% agreed to increase the fare for better service.