WBB Trust published "Desher Janna" 16th year´s special edition of newsletter (from April 2019 to March, 2020). Here is focusing Public Space and over all transportation system, environment & relevant issues. ...

study checks feasibility of making two from many streets in Dhaka as car free street. To find that it assessed the geographical characteristics, geometrical features, traffic and pedestrian volume, land use inventory of the selected roads and associated neighborhood. It has also checked alternative routes, network plan and car owner inventory. There was also an questionnaire survey to uphold the public opinion over this initiatives. We finally found these roads feasible to make car free. Successful implementation of this project ...

As car ownership continues to grow in Dhaka, there is concern about how to accommodate the growing need for car parking. Suggestions include allocating increasing amounts of roadside space and building new parking structures. But does this make sense? Is there an endpoint to people’s desire for free/low cost car parking, or are other needs more important?     ...

neighborhoods have the ability to encourage more social interaction and greater community involvement, which in turn leads to greater social capital within the community. Social capital has been defined as “the social networks and interactions that inspire trust and reciprocity among citizens” (Leyden 2003). Walking for transport decreases the number of trips a person makes by car. This has the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and therefore to increase air quality (Ewing et al. 2011). Being the capital of ...

is one of the biggest cities on earth, with 17 million people: Dhaka Metropolitan Area (Dhaka MA). Even it is one of the fastest growing cities. Prognoses for 2025 is more than 25 million inhabitants. Dhaka’s population is always moving. Certainly everyone has the right to move, going to school, going to work or doing grocery shopping. But to reach your work or school you need space and possibilities to move. Most of the time are people stuck in traffic. ...