City roads
The road pattern of Dhaka city is not planned. In planning stage, road network should be developed first before developing an area. If that is so then the road network planner can implement his/her plan. But in most of the cases the areas of Dhaka city have been developed without proper planning. Residential, commercial, industrial all activities are mixed in a area which is very difficult and complicated to handle. This is one of the reasons of traffic jam.
Another big problem is that a large number of tall buildings have been constructed near the roads and intersections. This situation hinders the future treatment of road network. For road widening, intersection treatment, overall change in the road geometry is very difficult.
Dhaka city should have rectangular road pattern with diagonal roads for the bypass facility. As it is the capital of Bangladesh, There are some Central Business Districts (CBD) areas where commercial activities are undertaken. So bypass facility is very much needed in this city to prevent vehicles from moving through these districts.
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