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Everyday we the people of Bangladesh face a problem that is known as traffic jam....And it is the most common problem of our country......By these we are losing our valuable time....
The traffic jam in Dhaka city is caused due to the (i) ill-planned roads with numerous U-turn, roundabout, traffic signal and speed breakers located rationally, (ii) pedestrians, auto-drivers, motorcyclists and traffic police show least respect to the traffic rules, (iii) public transport mostly lacks road fitness, (iv) traffic signs on city streets are in adequate, clumsy and not according to international norms (v) privileged including the uniform personnel care little for traffic regulations, (vi) 18 railgates of Dhaka city close 82 times daily jamming the traffic flow at rail gates, (vii) beggars, street vendors and pedestrians seriously hinder traffic movement at road signals, (viii) rickshaw peddlers, motorcyclists and auto rickshaw drivers hinder traffic movement creating serious road accident risk, (ix) street sides at busy commercial areas lack adequate parking space, (x) buses, trucks and other big automobiles stop wishfully caring little for public inconveniences, (xi) bus stops and terminals are neither planned nor inadequate consequently create traffic blockades, (xii) inter-district bus, truck and other type of automobile run through the city streets creating traffic problem.
