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Traffic Congestion in Bangladesh- Causes and Solutions: A study of Chittagong Metropolitan City

Asian Business Review

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Title Traffic Congestion in Bangladesh- Causes and Solutions: A study of Chittagong Metropolitan City
 
Creator Shamsher, Robaka; Lecturer, School of business, Independent University, Chittagong, BANGLADESH
Abdullah, Mohamamd Nayeem; Lecturer, School of business, Independent University, Chittagong, BANGLADESH
 
Subject Traffic congestion, vehicles, traffic rules, Chittagong Metropolitan City
 
Description One of the most challenging and complicated issues in city management in the present decade for Bangladesh is the traffic problem. It is a very common phenomenon in almost all the cities of Bangladesh. Presently, traffic congestion problem in Bangladesh are increasing at an alarming rate. The traffic problem has become to a very dangerous arena and has already implicit agonizing extent in the cities of Bangladesh. This type of study has been conducted in Dhaka but not in Chittagong city. Traffic management in Chittagong is not well organized as Dhaka so that the problem is becoming more complicated as the number of people in Chittagong is increasing and it is getting the priority after Dhaka. This article is dedicated to determine the current condition of traffic management in Chittagong City. This article explore the causes involved in traffic congestion  including heavy concentration of vehicles, absence of adequate public transport, inadequate road infrastructure, faulty signaling equipment and   poor  enforcement of traffic rules. At the end of the paper the researchers tried to identify the solution of traffic jam in Chittagong Metropolitan City. 
 
Publisher Asian Business Consortium
 
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Date 2015-03-01
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://journals.abc.us.org/index.php/abr/article/view/Shamsher
10.18034/abr.v2i1.309
 
Source Asian Business Review; Vol 2, No 1 (2013): 3rd Issue; 13-18
2305-8730
2304-2613
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://journals.abc.us.org/index.php/abr/article/view/Shamsher/215
 
Rights Copyright (c) 2015 Robaka Shamsher, Mohamamd Nayeem Abdullah
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