Abstract:
One of the most challenging and complicated issues in the present
decade for Bangladesh is the traffic problem. Presently, traffic
congestion problem in Bangladesh are increasing at an alarming rate.
The traffic problem has become to a very dangerous arena and has
already implicit agonizing extent in the cities of Bangladesh. The traffic
congestion cost is US$3 Billion a year and the city losses over 8 million
work hours daily. A developing country like Bangladesh cannot afford
the economic and environmental loss resulted from this severe traffic
obstruction. However, this type of study has been conducted in Dhaka
but not in Chittagong city. Traffic management in Chittagong is not well
organized as Dhaka so that the problem is becoming more complicated
as the number of people in Chittagong is increasing and it is getting the
priority after Dhaka. The broad objective of this study is to investigate
the effect of traffic congestion on the urban population of Bangladesh.
The methodology used for this study was literature survey. In reviewing
the literature, both theoretical and empirical studies were taken into
consideration. Secondary information was used to conduct this research.
Secondary data were collected through content analysis from various
published sources including books, online journals, newspapers,
magazines, and reports. This analysis clearly falls in to the category of
qualitative research as it aims to get a deeper understanding of how
urban environmental issues like traffic congestion is occurring, its
overall impact on the quality of life of the city dwellers and some
potential solution for this challenging problem.
