Meeting on Revised Strategic Transport Plan [RSTP] of Dhaka at UITS

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Meeting on Revised Strategic Transport Plan [RSTP] of Dhaka at UITS

Last Thursday (11 August 2022), Mohammad Rabiul Alam, Additional Executive Director (TMPTI) of Dhaka Transport Coordination Authority (DTCA), and Mr. Dhrubo Alam, Deputy Transport Planner of DTCA visited the permanent campus of UITS to consult about RSTP (Revised Strategic Transport Plan) of Dhaka City. A general discussion was held in the presence of the following personnel:

 

  1. Professor Dr. Md. Mazharul Hoque, Professor & Dean, FSE, UITS
  2. Prof. Dr. Nazrul Islam, Prof. of Chemistry, UITS
  3. Dr. Md. Mahbubur Rahman, Associate Professor & Head, Department of Civil Engineering, UITS
  4. Mr. Md. Tarikul Islam, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, UITS

 

As Bangladesh is growing and developing economically, Dhaka, the capital city is beginning to experience massive traffic congestion. It has become a critical issue to improve the urban transportation system in the Dhaka Metropolitan Area to ease traffic congestion and arrest environmental deterioration. Proper transportation planning is needed to ensure the efficient movement of people and goods across the country. Under these circumstances, the Government of Bangladesh formulated the Strategic Transport Plan (STP) for Dhaka in 2005 in cooperation with the World Bank. The government also revised and updated the STP in 2015 as well started the project to help build the capacity of the transportation system of Dhaka city which is known as RSTP (Revised Strategic Transport Plan). The plan is a twenty-year-long project from 2015-2035. The RSTP includes the construction of five metro rails, and six flyovers which have been finalized with JICA in coordination with the Dhaka Transport Coordination Authority (DTCA) formerly known as the Dhaka Transport Coordination Board (DTCB).