BICYCLE ROUTE NETWORK PLANNING FOR ISLAMABAD USING ARCGIS Final Year Project UG 2020 BY NAEEM UL HASSAN (GL) NUST-2016186679-SCEE SHARJEEL AHMED MIRZA NUST-2016182263-SCEE ABDUL KHALIQ NUST-2016174034-SCEE AZLAN RAUF NUST-2016141341-SCEE NUST Institute of Civil Engineering School of Civil and Environmental Engineering National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan (2020)

Abstract

Islamabad which was designed by Greek architect Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis is considered as Pakistan best planned city. Day by day its population arises and now Islamabad is facing serious traffic problems which results in traffic delays, congestions and environmental issue. It has been observed and surveyed that people want to use bicycle, but city has no facility of bicycle tracks and cycling infrastructure. So, the main idea behind the project was to cope with these issues and to design master plan of the bicycle tracks in Islamabad as bicycle occupies less space, reduces traffic congestion and is environmentally friendly. The purpose is to promote cycling culture in Islamabad and switch more and more people to use bicycle as mode of transport. The project comprises on public, cyclist and reconnaissance surveys, Analysis, use of Google earth and routes designing on ArcGIS.