problems and prospects of it in the public sector of bangladesh
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Siam Rahman Ishmam Ahmed Chowdhury Sudipto Saha Turja Sanjir Ali Md. Samiul Hossain Muhammad Touhidul Islam
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PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS OF IT IN THE PUBLIC TRANSPORT SECTOR DHAKA CITY
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PRESENTATION
CONTENT
INTRODUCTION ANALYSIS CURRENT SCENARIO
FOREIGN COUNTRY SCENARIO
COURSE OF
ACTION
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ANALYSIS
10 9 8 7
6 5 4 3 2 1
325 Sq km
14.6 million
7.5% roads
797,184 vehicles
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Dhaka: Mega City
City size Population Percentage of road Motor Vehicles
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10% Buses, minibuses and pickups
50% Jeeps, Microbuses and Motorcycles
15% Taxicabs, Vans and
Pickups .
25% Private Cars
.
Private transport account for 73% of the roads.
Dhaka: Vehicles on the road
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Private cars growth rate : 9%. Public Transport growth rate : 4%
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100000
200000
300000
400000
500000
600000
700000
Private Cars
Buses and Minibuses
2010 2011 2012 2013
Dhaka: Growth of Vehicles
381,535 438,807
490,176
573,953
24,893 26,273 27,910 30,285
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Local Service This has no specific stoppages and tickets are bought by the
customers after getting on the bus
Sitting Service This has usually specified stoppages as well as customers are not allowed to board if there are no empty seats
Counter Service This has specific stoppages as well as counters from where customers can buy tickets
Dhaka: Bus Service The bus service of the city can be categorized into three categories
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10%
30%
70%
70%
Flawed bus rates and ticketing service
Long waiting time for bus
Unavailability of necessary information
Discomfort inside the bus
Primary and Secondary Data
Dhaka: State of Bus Service
80%
80%
Horrible condition of the bus
Overcrowding inside the bus
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70%
70%
70%
75%
Lack of modern features
Poor condition of vehicles
Poor ticketing service
Unavailability of necessary information
Primary and Secondary Data
Dhaka: State of Train Service
75%
80%
Overcrowding
Poor Intra Dhaka service
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DAY LONG TRAFFICJAM
OVER CROWDED BUSES
LONG QUEUE TRAIN STATION
Dhaka: Consequences
How do we solve this problem?
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Important questions
Increase in Bandwidth usage in the last year 50%
Solution: Implementation of IT
# Will the consumers adapt to the technological model? # Are these model sustainable in Dhaka City?
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CURRENT SCENARIO
Works with Android and Windows Phone
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Bus Map: Mobile Application Map driven interactive application that let’s the user find suitable transit or local bus route in Dhaka
In both English and Bangla
FREE
Bus Map Mobile Application is based on this
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Bus Map: Urban Launchpad International organization working towards mapping Dhaka’s intricate bus network
Fully funded by crowdfunding: Kickstarter
Collecting data straight from bus commuters
Project started
DEC 19th 2012
Initial Funding Received
DEC 23rd 2012
Fully Funded
JAN 12th 2013
First Alpha Map
MAY 13th 2013
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Journey: Urban Launchpad Timeline of the Kickstarter success story
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FUNDING REQUIRED $10,000 RECEIVED $15,000
10 routers providing connection to upto 40 users
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BRTC: Wi-Fi Enabled 10 buses have been equipped with this service which allows free internet to commuters
Not affected by speed of the bus
Private organizations have showed interest
Motijheel to Abdullahpur
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BRTC: SPASS Pre-paid cards that charge the commuters solely based on the distance travelled
Motijheel to Mirpur Not yet widely accepted
33,000 Cards
BusBD, National Travels and Day Travels
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Online: Ticket Booking Potential passengers can book and pay for tickets using website interface
Can pay for tickets using mobilephone
Not enough companies using the program
50%
60%
60%
70%
Traffic signal showing countdowns
Ticket payment through prepaid cards
Wi-Fi in busses
Ticket payment through mobile
Primary Data
70%
80%
Smartphone applications for bus routes
Online train and bus booking website
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Perception: Usefulness of IT implementation Greater the rating; more applicable in Dhaka
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FOREIGN COUNTRY
SCENARIO
India: Intelligent Transport System It’s a non profit organization working since 2001 to deploy ITS system in India.
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Automated speed enforcement
Incident management
Electronic toll collection Traveller information
Automated parking systems
China: Smart Technologies They are investing heavily to use intelligent technology to make transport systems more efficient
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Cameras to track traffic
Emergency traffic command
Electronic toll collection
Electronic boards in bus
1 billion mobile users
Satellite Navigation
Srilanka: Intelligent Transport Systems The National Transport Commission handles these projects and have already successfully implemented a few.
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Fuel Monitoring and Driver Alarms Electronic Ticket Machines GPS tracking of bus by NTC
Singapore: Land Transportation Master Plan One of the world’s most sophisticated transport program
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World’s first Electronic Road Pricing
Tolls vary according to traffic flow Short range radio waves to communicate
Singapore: Land Transportation Master Plan One of the world’s most sophisticated transport program
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Alerts motorists of traffic accidents on the road
Tracks condition through GPS enabled Taxis All information go back to control center
Hong Kong: Octopus Cards They have made strides in implementing IT since 1997.
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Started as Mass Transit System Fair collection
Contactless Smart Card Now used in retail shop, restaurant, parks
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RECOMMENDATIONS
AUTOMATED TOLL COLLECTION SYSTEM
TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT UNIT
GPS VEHICLE TRACKING
AUTOMATED EMERGENCY CALL SYSTEM
SMART ROADSIDE INDICATOR
COMPREHENSIVE ITS SYSTEM
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RAIL LINE SAFETY
DRIVER DROWSINESS DETECTION
Conclusion: Possibilities We do realize that it will not be possible to implement all our solutions at one go but development steps need to start now so that it can flourish in the long run.
The current scenario
First steps of implementation
5 years growth
10 years growth
Decade later An IT-based infrastructure that will bear
fruit for generations to come
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