02410nam a2200241   450000500170000000800410001703500150005810000190007324501070009226000520019930000110025149000270026250001030028950200570039252013620044965000320181170000370184370000470188070000500192771000670197781000590204485600650210320260818213004.0250898         th                  eng    a.b107154721 aIslam, Asfarul14aThe role of rickshaws in the future transportation system in the Dhaka Metropolitan Region, Bangladesh  aBangkok :bAsian Institute of Technology,c1990  a125 p.1 aThesis ;vno. HS-90-07  aA thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science   aThesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1990  aSince independence of Bangladesh in 1971 , Dhaka, its capital city  had a boom both in population and physical size. As a result of this  change, recurrent pressure on transportation and pl1ysical infrastructure  ha s exhausted the avail able resources. The recent phenom~r1on of traffic  congestion and detorioration of the urban environment has prompted the  government to ban the "rickshaws", a very popular mode of informal  transportation. This policy seems ill timed and apparently not in  conformity with the socio-economic setting of the city.  The objectives of this research is to draw upon some planning,  design, and traffic management solutions to the problem of traffic  congestion created by the rickshaws . The research attempts to demonstrate  the viability of using the rickshaws as a complementary mode to the formal  public transports in separate spatial systems. The research objectives  include investigations into the potential of the outlying areas as a  future relocation area for the ricks haws . Finally, by using graphical  representations and descriptive texts the research attempts to  demonstrate this concept of spatial separation in two pilot areas, one  being in the center and the other in the outlying parts of t he city. The  study is based on data and on field surveys conducted i11 Dhaka, in April,  May and June 1990.10aPedicabsxBangladeshxDhaka1 aRobinson, Ira. M., eChairperson1 aAmin, A.T.M. Nurul,eExamination Committee1 aKammeier, Hans Detlef,eExamination Committee2 aCanadian International Development agency, eScholarship Donor2 aAsian Institute of Technology.tThesis ;vno. HS-90-07  3Full-Textuhttp://203.159.5.9/ait-thesis/detail.php?q=B18432