A STUDY ON PEDESTRIAN FACILTIES AT HATIR-JHEEL AND FARM GATE.

Abstract

In Dhaka, a rapidly urbanizing mega city, different people use these places Hatir-Jheel & Farmgate for traveling. A comfortable environment makes a journey by walking pleasant and enjoyable. However, in Dhaka city, about 60% of people favor prefers walking rather than using any vehicle trips are by walking everyday but they are facing many problems while using the walkways. A lot of research works are going on for assessing the pedestrian’s facilities in the developed nations but in developing countries like Bangladesh, it is not a significant one for the transport planners. For instance, this study tries to emphasize the problems of pedestrians and to explore the qualitative level of comfort of the pedestrians in selected locations in Dhaka City by a questionnaire survey. The specific objectives of the study were to assess the overall quality of pedestrian facilities in the Hatir-Jheel and Farmgate area, to assess the overall responses from the users of the study area, to study the variation pedestrian facility existing in the study area, to identify the pedestrian facilities problems existing in the study area and to provide some suggestions to mitigate the existing problems.