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Bangladesh's Severe Transportation Problems

Posted by: Chris Steins
Thanks to: Chris Steins
18 October 2004 - 1:00pm

Is traffic bad in your city? Read this editorial about the challenges faced by Bangladesh, and feel better.

"The City's transport system is in a terrible mess. No plan to improve the system seems to be working. The bizarre traffic congestion, bad shape of the roads and their arteries and ever increasing vehicular traffic are making the condition worse day-by-day.

Another component of the project, Traffic Engineering Department (TED) is yet to see the light of the day. The traffic department was proposed to be under the DCC management from Dhaka Metropolitan Police. Even after four years of the proposal, it could not be implemented."

Full Story: Urban transports in a terrible mess
Source: Financial Express, October 25, 2005
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The following list shows the top 10 metropolitan statistical areas, as defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, where commuting by public transportation has grown the most. None of them are among the nation's top 10 most populous metro areas, and yet seven are within the top 20.
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