Dhaka traffic
Dhaka traffic is probably the most common subject of discussion in any gathering in Dhaka. Everybody has a solution. Talks of billion-dollar projects are in the air. But before we start building more roads, subway systems, LRTs and other such physical infrastructure, we should first ready our minds to imbibe the culture of respecting others' right of way. In more mature societies this is guaranteed. But in this country we don't even have the slightest idea of what this means, let alone respecting it.
Yet, this is the most basic requirement for having sane, safe, chaos-free traffic on the road. Without it we will be addressing only the physical side of the problem. The human side, the cultural side, needs to be addressed with equal, if not more, emphasis.
High time we gave the matter some thought.
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