[ALOCHONA] Make Dhaka more livable city

Lets raise Custom Duty on Cars and make it go as high as 700% until Traffic Congestion problem is resolved ...! Reduction in import is good for the country and may cause development of local Automobile Industry because 'Need is Mother of Invention'. Bangladesh is a bigger market than Vietnam. If Peugeot of France can build an Assembly Plant there, would not some other Automobile Manufacturer of the world be building one in Bangladesh also, creating jobs? Are not Indians manufacturing their own cars? Who is stopping Bangladeshis? --- On Sat, 8/30/08, Saiful Alam <shovan1209@yahoo.com> wrote: Dear all, Day by day the number of private cars increases in Dhaka City. This is fuelled by the fact that the private cars have been given priority in transport planning. More private cars, however, means more pollution, both noise and air. Not only does a car dependent transport system hurt the environment; it also uses up a lot of fuel, making our economy heavily fuel dependent. Transport planning that focuses on private cars benefit only a tiny portion of the population while making it harder for the majority to get around. If the current transport plan will be implemented about 80% of the population will be neglected. For the 80% of the population that will be left out of the current transport plan one would need to develop pedestrian, fuel-free transport, and public transport infrastructure. For these we need to combine city planning with transport planning. Neighborhoods should contain everything needed for daily life such as, schools, jobs, shops, hospitals and entertainment. This would reduce the number of long trips between neighborhoods and lessen the volume of traffic on the roads. The short trips that would be needed within the neighborhoods walking and cycle rickshaws should suffice and if the infrastructure is improved it would increase speed and safety. For long distance travel out public transport must be developed. It is very necessary to control the number of private cars in order to create a better transport system as well as creating a more livable city. Syed Siful Alam Shovan shovan1209@yahoo. com

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