Traffic Update

Abstract

We are in the age of big changes, particularly the technology revolution and this has affected all aspect of our life. This modern day revolution, at the global level, has manifested itself in the form of many innovations and breakthroughs and giant leaps in internetworking technology. With this changes, we have new opportunities, people can now transcend the barriers of time and distance with the internet’s speed. This has completely change our living style, and every sector got changed and most of the traditional activities are going on now online. Over the last few years the transportation problem of Dhaka City has visibly been deteriorating steadily. Citizens constantly complain about the unbearable twin problems of traffic jam and air pollution. Democracy watch decided to address this problem through an opinion poll covering around eight hundred households randomly selected from several purposively selected neighbor hoods of the city, representatives of middle and lower income areas. “Traffic Update” is an online based windows mobile app that will change our old habit to go to the road and wait so long to get a vehicle. The aim of this project is to save precious time of people. This project has three major parts, the admin part for managing the whole system, the owner of a specific vehicle company who can track its all vehicles and the user who can a particular vehicle or a group of vehicles through map. 6 | P a g e Traffic accidents are now a very serious and growing problem and the safety Situation is very severe by international standard. The problem of road accidents costing the community in the order of US$ 800 million (nearly 2% of GDP) each year. The other serious deficiencies resulting from ad-hoc planning are sectorial bias improper modal mix, un-integrated system, serious institutional weakness, limited role of the private sector etc. The current deficiencies have produced an unsustainable trend of transport development, which is characterized by misallocation of resources, adverse impacts on the environment and lack of competition. The current disturbing trends in transport development indicate the need for guidelines to make such development environmentally and to create a transport system that can meet the growing demand for transport services. In this paper characteristics of transportation and consequent mobility, safety and environmental effects are discussed. The purpose of the present paper is to conceptualized a vision and identify supporting policies for sustainable transport development. The authors also make an attention on key transport issues and possible options for ensuring sustainable transport development in Bangladesh.