Average traffic speeds have dropped to 7km/h from 21km/h over the last decade, only slightly faster than the average walking speed
Ride-sharing motorbike services are growing in popularity in Dhaka, where horror traffic often means that walking is faster than traveling by car or bus.
Congestion in Dhaka, one of the world’s most crowded cities with a population of 20 million, eats up 3.2 million working hours per day, according to a 2017 World Bank study.
Average traffic speeds have dropped to 7km/h from 21km/h over the last decade, only slightly faster than the average walking speed.
The appearance of app-based ride-sharing services in May 2015 has helped to alleviate this problem. Nowadays, service providers like Uber, Pathao, Shohoz, and OBHAI transport hundreds of thousands of people every day on motorcycles, navigating narrow alleys and congested traffic lanes.
“Sharing a bike ride means saves a lot of time, I can reach anyplace on time,” said Khadija Khan, a private-sector employee who often hitches a bike ride.
The ride-sharing industry in Bangladesh is worth an estimated Tk2200 crore and accounts for about 23% of the transport sector in the country, according to a 2018 study by the Policy Research Institute of Bangladesh (PRI).
Local motorbike ride-sharing service Pathao this time has over 5 million users, and more than 200,000 registered drivers, according to its chief executive, Hussain M Elius.
“A trip which earlier used to take two hours with uncomfortable rides on rickshaws and buses now only takes 40 minutes,” Elius said. “That not only saves time but also enhances productivity.”
The advent of motorbike sharing apps is not only providing relief to commuters used to wasting hours in gridlocked traffic, it is also creating employment opportunities for thousands.
“For a modern person like me from a low-income family, it is a great source of revenue,” said student Lokman Hossain, who owns a motorcycle.
However, untrained bike drivers and heedless driving are often cited as one of the main causes of a recent spike in traffic accidents in Bangladesh. More than 4,000 people die in road accidents each year, one of the world’s highest incidences.
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Ride-sharing motorbike services are growing in popularity in Dhaka, where horror traffic often means that walking is faster than traveling by car or bus.
Congestion in Dhaka, one of the world’s most crowded cities with a population of 20 million, eats up 3.2 million working hours per day, according to a 2017 World Bank study.
Average traffic speeds have dropped to 7km/h from 21km/h over the last decade, only slightly faster than the average walking speed.
The appearance of app-based ride-sharing services in May 2015 has helped to alleviate this problem. Nowadays, service providers like Uber, Pathao, Shohoz, and OBHAI transport hundreds of thousands of people every day on motorcycles, navigating narrow alleys and congested traffic lanes.
“Sharing a bike ride means saves a lot of time, I can reach anyplace on time,” said Khadija Khan, a private-sector employee who often hitches a bike ride.
The ride-sharing industry in Bangladesh is worth an estimated Tk2200 crore and accounts for about 23% of the transport sector in the country, according to a 2018 study by the Policy Research Institute of Bangladesh (PRI).
Local motorbike ride-sharing service Pathao this time has over 5 million users, and more than 200,000 registered drivers, according to its chief executive, Hussain M Elius.
“A trip which earlier used to take two hours with uncomfortable rides on rickshaws and buses now only takes 40 minutes,” Elius said. “That not only saves time but also enhances productivity.”
The advent of motorbike sharing apps is not only providing relief to commuters used to wasting hours in gridlocked traffic, it is also creating employment opportunities for thousands.
“For a modern person like me from a low-income family, it is a great source of revenue,” said student Lokman Hossain, who owns a motorcycle.
However, untrained bike drivers and heedless driving are often cited as one of the main causes of a recent spike in traffic accidents in Bangladesh. More than 4,000 people die in road accidents each year, one of the world’s highest incidences.
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