World Car Free Day on Sept 22
'Increase public buses to control traffic jam'
Speakers at a press conference yesterday demanded increase of public buses for reducing dependency on private cars.
Citizen Rights Movement (CRM) and Green Club of Bangladesh jointly organised the conference at Jatiya Press Club in the city ahead of the World Car Free Day on September 22, says a press release.
“If more people use bus, their dependency on private car would be reduced and it would be possible to control the intolerable traffic jam,” said Tusher Rehman, general secretary of CRM.
The number of people a single bus can carry equals to that of 30 private cars, and aside from this increasing number of private car leads to higher environment pollution, accident, and transport costs, he added.
“Despite Dhaka being the capital city, it is becoming difficult to live in Dhaka and one of the main reasons for this is the terrible traffic condition, which is the result of poor transport system and large number of private cars,” said Maj (retd) Md Mofizul Haq, chairman of CRM.
To reduce traffic congestion, they suggested that the government increase tax on import of private car and provide more car parking space.
They also suggested not issuing driving licences to new car drivers.
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