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

[Dr Kh Zahidul Hoque]

Dear Mr Mohsin,

The important thing is that you cannot ban motorized transport (rather it 
will increase in number)due to political or other reasons. And, Dhaka does 
not have many three-lane or more lane roads. I think the capacity is already 
exhausted to accommodate existing vehicles. Now, if you intend to convert 
one out of the three lane for NMT, I think this won't solve the congestion 
problem we are discussing. I would rather suggest construct exclusive lane 
for NMT (rickshaw) where you have adequate space.

I think the best solution for Dhaka city would be to introduce /improvement 
of an efficient  public transport (mass transport, etc.) system with true 
traffic demand management. Converting existing existing lane for NMT might 
not be a good solution to Dhaka city.

Regarding the Singapore example, so far I know Singapore does not encourage 
NMT (except pedestrians). It practices and implements true travel demand 
management. They do not say you cannot use the road. The concept is, you pay 
when you use the road. This is one of the successful TDMs we should look at.

K Z Hoque
Singapore

>From: "Mohsin J. Sarker" <t9802 at cc.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp>
>Reply-To: sustran-discuss at jca.ax.apc.org
>To: <sustran-discuss at jca.ax.apc.org>
>Subject: [sustran] Re: Banning NMT (Rickshaw) on roads of Dhaka city
>Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2000 14:21:36 +0900
>
>Dr. K Z Hoque
>Rickshaws have been banned on the main roads, not on narrow roads. You know
>that main roads of Dhaka city are wider enough to accommodate at least 
>three
>lanes in one way. Lets consider the road from cantonment gate (Old airport)
>to Shahabag. This road has three lanes in one way (so far I remember. Last 
>I
>went Bangladesh about three years ago). Now if we make one lane exclusive
>for NMT, then I think this exclusive one lane of NMT would carry more
>persons in unit time than two lanes of motorized transport.
>
>
>Mohsin J. Sarker
>Regional Planning
>Utsunomiya University
>Email: mohsin_jp at yahoo.com
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Dr Kh Zahidul Hoque" <zahidul at hotmail.com>
>To: <sustran-discuss at jca.ax.apc.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2000 9:55 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.
> >
> > Alok Jain Wrote:
> > >
> > >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
> >
> > I am very much interested to know space constraints along the roads are
> > particularly adaptive to NMT. While the city roads are so narrow that it
> > cannot accommodate existing vehicles and hardly there is any spare
> > land/space for an expansion or additional lane, how an exclusive lane 
>for
> > NMT could be justified?
> >
> > Public transport/modal shift will definitely come in for detail study. 
>Of
> > course, when you ban NMT on the major roads, there should be sufficient
> > public tarnsport to facilitate modal shift from those NMT.
> >
> > K Z Hoque
> > Singapore
> >
> >
> >
> > 
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