Metro Rail Constructions and its Effects on Road Users

Metro Rail is a mass rapid transportation system and also environment friendly. It is also a modern system of transportation. To overcome the future demand and also to make a short and less time consuming transportation system, the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh has taken this project. It is a fast and time saving transportation system which is really needed for Dhaka. But during construction, similar to other countries the road users & inhabitants nearby have to face some problems. This study covers to find out the problems faced by the road users in the construction area. In this study it has found that, the vehicular traffic used this road has considerably decreased about 52 percent than before and after being a less number of vehicles, the average speed has also decreased at 1.1 km/h where the average speed in Dhaka city is 7 km/h. To compare the results, traffic data prepared by MRT (Mass Rapid Transit) authority before construction of metro rail has used. The results demonstrate that, the effects of construction of metro rail heavily imply the traffic and road users in the construction areas.