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In 2013, the government of Bangladesh formulated a policy aimed at coordinating multimodal transportation in the country. Two years later the Strategic Transport Plan was finalized which recommended the construction of 21 transport hubs in Dhaka Division. Kamalapur was one of the proposed transport hubs. [1]
In contrast to practices in other nations, Bangladesh has four ministries responsible for transportation within the country. They have specific responsibilities, such as: Road safety: Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges; Civil aviation: Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism; Maritime transport: Ministry of Shipping
On 15 April 2023, three people were injured as a crane used in the construction of the BRT system fell on shops in Tongi. [22] During the 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement, the project experienced another setback when 22 escalators of the BRT stations were damaged due to vandalism by miscreants. [14]
In 2023, Bangladesh Railway operated 402 trains daily, [48] and 40 were operated by private companies (as of 2022), [49] a practice permitted since the early 2000s. [50] New legislation drafted in 2024 as a successor to a centuries-old law includes provisions allowing private companies to own rolling stock for carrying passengers, goods, and ...
On 18 September 2023, the Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation inaugurated a bus service on the Airport–Farmgate route via the expressway. [ 7 ] On 20 March 2024, the Karwan Bazar ramp of the expressway in front of the Bangladesh Film Development Corporation (BFDC) has been opened for transport movement.
In total, BRTC has a fleet of 1,350 buses as of February 2024. [4] For transportation of cargo, BRTC operates a fleet of 170 trucks. [5] About twenty percent of the government food transport uses BRTC's trucks. The two main truck depots are located at Dhaka and Chittagong.
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Dhaka Transport Coordination Authority (DTCA) is the government agency responsible for coordinating transport-related projects in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh and most of Dhaka division. [1] The agency is responsible for moderating and mediating negotiations between transport labor unions and transport owners. [ 2 ]