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.
