Study on the problems of bus transport in Dhaka city

Abstract

Tranaportation plays a vital role in our everyday life Ilnd the transportation problemare one of the most serious issues in the present world. DBDtladeshis a poor country and majority of the population are belowpoverty level. Dhakacity is the capital of Bvnr.)..!lddeAh.majority of the population of Dbakllare unab1ato .a1'fordprivate transports, so they are dependent on public transIlort. specially the buf:ltransports. Bus U1. thQ cheapest "amongall i.avllilflble public ttansport modesin Dhakaci~, but the present lovel of servicos provided by the ~ tZ'3!lSportsis utterly failing to cater. to the needs of too pu'blic. Longwaiting, delay, ovarloading: are someof the obvioUsproblemathat. confront_the users in their daily life. So. it was"felt necesaury to makean indepth study on tho problems of:bus trlillSport services in Dhaka city. In this study the f!:l:"dttcw chapters have been devoted in introducing the problems, and presenting a brief historical idea of transportation in Dhakacity. As the users of bus tnuwport are the suffers, thorcfo:fle the next phaoe of the ~tudy is a~ed to examinethe problena of users and their demandfor bus trnnsp-ort.