Private cars as public transports?
The finance minister reportedly told the press that the government's only failure is that they could not solve the “Traffic Congestion" in Dhaka. He further informed the press that his government has already worked out a comprehensive plan. He has spelled out eight action plans among which one is very interesting, that is private cars will not be allowed to ply in the Dhaka streets carrying less than 4/5 passengers.
Suppose a business executive lives in Uttara and travels alone every day to his workplace in Motijheel in his chauffeur driven car. Now, if the new rules come into effect, the gentleman will have to collect some 3/4 passengers and travel to Motijheel. If he fails to find the passengers who will go to Motijheel, he will have to drop them in different places and take new passengers to abide by the rule.
If a gentleman needs to go to a hospital with a patient, he will have to look for 3/4 passengers on his way to the hospital. If one does not want to take strangers in his car, all his family members will have to ride with him to his workplace.
Instead of increasing public transport facilities, our government is trying to use private cars as public transports. This will not help to ease traffic congestion at all.
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