The traffic congestion in Dhaka city continues to cost the country billions of dollars and thousands of working-hours. It eats up 3.2 million working hours per day. Such a situation is hardly witnessed anywhere in the world. In the last 10 years, average traffic speed in Dhaka has dropped from 21 kilometres per hour (km h) to 7 kmph, which is slightly above the average walking speed, according to the World Bank analysis. And by 2035, the speed might drop to 4 kmph, slower than walking speed. Another study says traffic congestion in Dhaka city costs the country $11.4 billion every year, which is seven percent of the country's GDP. About one quarter of working hours are lost in
congestion as about 1.5 million
citizens used vehicles for travelling
across the city every day.
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