[sustran] Re: Banning NMT (Rickshaw) on roads of Dhaka city

[Mohsin J. Sarker]

Yes Mr. Alok Jain, you are right with no doubt. One of the main criteria to
promote or one of the main requirements to sustain NMT and mass transit is
densely inhabited and mixed used land use pattern. I think Dhaka city is one
of the best-suited cities in the world to promote and sustain NMT and mass
transit under these criteria.

So why don't we think of NMT and mass transit based transportation system
for Dhaka city with NO PRIVATE VEHICLE, or at least with limited number of
automobile?   Look at Singapore, after building massive mass transit system
along with NMT facilities in 1970s', they have imposed various
Transportation Demand Management (TDM) measures to restrict automobile
usage. Now Singapore has become one of the models of city transportation
system in the world.

Mohsin J. Sarker
Regional Planning
Utsunomiya University
Email: mohsin_jp at yahoo.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jain Alok" <ajain at kcrc.com>
To: <sustran-discuss at jca.ax.apc.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2000 1:34 PM
Subject: [sustran] Re: Banning NMT (Rickshaw) on roads of Dhaka city


> Dr Zahid wrote:
>
> > Regarding exclusive
> > lane for NMT, I thing Dhaka city is too congested to afford
> > extra lane for
> > NMT.
>
> All the more reason to promote NMT. Densely built areas are particularly
> adaptive to NMT. And I am surprised to see no mention of public transport
/
> modal shift in any of the suggestions.
>
> Alok Jain
> Hong Kong
>