Dhaka, Bangladesh’s capital, already has a congestion problem to handle the ever-growing demand for traffic. The usage of private cars cannot be stopped by charging and the town is not encouraged by quality public tr...Dhaka, Bangladesh’s capital, already has a congestion problem to handle the ever-growing demand for traffic. The usage of private cars cannot be stopped by charging and the town is not encouraged by quality public transport. It is impossible to enforce congestion prices here in line with traditional cordon pricing systems since the region uses unusual land patterns. However, the </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">current project Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) Line 6, which will be built by </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">2021, provides the prospect of congestion pricing. A price and optimum approach were established for this article. The congestion price is only payable for the </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">segments and is accessible for private cars under this system. Two urban </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">street segments along the MRT route were selected for the study and congestion toll for a private car is estimated for each segment separately. The sum of the toll in monetary terms is determined using certain associated parameters from the discrepancy from the actual Level of Service (LOS) travel time and traffic flow to the desired LOS. The outcome has shown that the price per </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">passenger car is $0.3 - $0.44. The price is flexible, which means it will vary</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> b</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">ased on traffic volume. The findings for politicians to enforce congestion</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> pricing are viewed as recommendations.展开更多
The world is trying to recover from once in the COVID-19 pandemic, which has a higher mortality rate than the common flu. However, the threat of different variants is still affecting us in a different capacity. Severa...The world is trying to recover from once in the COVID-19 pandemic, which has a higher mortality rate than the common flu. However, the threat of different variants is still affecting us in a different capacity. Several preventive measures have been adopted across the nation and the globe to avoid the spr<span style="font-family:Verdana;">ead of this virus, such as lockdown, restricted travel, social distancing guidelin</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">es, obligatory face mask use, etc. These activities directly influenced the manag</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">ement of social life, economy, and livelihoods. The effect of COVID-</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">19 on the public transit industry and strategies the transit agencies adapted to continue providing the service during the pandemic has been synthesized in this pap</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">er. As a result of the pandemic, public transit ridership decreased by abou</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">t 70 percent for most agencies compared to pre-pandemic levels. This article also highlights the prevention of COVID-19 spread in the public transit industry using engineering solutions and advanced material science and nanotechnology solutions.</span>展开更多
文摘Dhaka, Bangladesh’s capital, already has a congestion problem to handle the ever-growing demand for traffic. The usage of private cars cannot be stopped by charging and the town is not encouraged by quality public transport. It is impossible to enforce congestion prices here in line with traditional cordon pricing systems since the region uses unusual land patterns. However, the </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">current project Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) Line 6, which will be built by </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">2021, provides the prospect of congestion pricing. A price and optimum approach were established for this article. The congestion price is only payable for the </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">segments and is accessible for private cars under this system. Two urban </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">street segments along the MRT route were selected for the study and congestion toll for a private car is estimated for each segment separately. The sum of the toll in monetary terms is determined using certain associated parameters from the discrepancy from the actual Level of Service (LOS) travel time and traffic flow to the desired LOS. The outcome has shown that the price per </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">passenger car is $0.3 - $0.44. The price is flexible, which means it will vary</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> b</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">ased on traffic volume. The findings for politicians to enforce congestion</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> pricing are viewed as recommendations.
文摘The world is trying to recover from once in the COVID-19 pandemic, which has a higher mortality rate than the common flu. However, the threat of different variants is still affecting us in a different capacity. Several preventive measures have been adopted across the nation and the globe to avoid the spr<span style="font-family:Verdana;">ead of this virus, such as lockdown, restricted travel, social distancing guidelin</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">es, obligatory face mask use, etc. These activities directly influenced the manag</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">ement of social life, economy, and livelihoods. The effect of COVID-</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">19 on the public transit industry and strategies the transit agencies adapted to continue providing the service during the pandemic has been synthesized in this pap</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">er. As a result of the pandemic, public transit ridership decreased by abou</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">t 70 percent for most agencies compared to pre-pandemic levels. This article also highlights the prevention of COVID-19 spread in the public transit industry using engineering solutions and advanced material science and nanotechnology solutions.</span>