Conceptual Physical Design of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) in Dhaka

Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh, is the largest and most industrialized city with 15 million people. Due to rapid unplanned development, versatile land use, rapid population growth, poor public transport system, and increase of private car users, traffic problems are worsening day by day. The only mass transit is bus, which is insufficient in terms of safety, capacity, comfort, and convenience. Considering the worsening congestion it is high time to develop an effective mass transit system such as Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) as a means for achieving sustainable urban transport in the city. In this paper an attempt has been made to propose a conceptual physical structure of BRT for the line3, which starts from Uttara and ends in Ramna covering around 18.5 km. The BRT stations and runways are designed in a way to satisfy the ever-increasing public transport demand of achieving a sustainable urban public transport system.

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  • https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784413210.025
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  • © 2013 American Society of Civil Engineers
• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Civil Engineers

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• Authors:
  • Barua, Sudip
  • Alam, Dhrubo
  • Seraj, Mudasser
• Conference:
  • Third International Conference on Urban Public Transportation Systems
  • Location: Paris , France
  • Date: 2013-11-17 to 2013-11-20
• Publication Date: 2013

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Pagination: pp 285-295
• Monograph Title: Urban Public Transportation Systems 2013

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus rapid transit; Planning and design; Sustainable transportation
• Geographic Terms: Dhaka (Bangladesh)
• Subject Areas: Design; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I20: Design and Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01501071
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780784413210
• Files: TRIS, ASCE
• Created Date: Dec 10 2013 11:00AM