Case Study of Sustainable Transportation in Pakistan

Abstract

The economic growth and increasing urbanization is resulting in the urban sprawl, encouraging private vehicle oriented developments. This rapid and ever growing motorization is causing number of externalities such as air and noise pollution, traffic congestion, casualties in the form of accidents, diminution of fuel energy and other resources and an un-equitable transport system. The current transport crisis can be only solved by creating a sustainable transportation. A sustainable transport system is the one which provides safe, efficient, environment friendly and socially equitable travel to all the citizens. This project will help in setting a methodology for implementation of sustainable transportation in Pakistan. For this purpose we have chosen Risalpur Cantt. as a model city and carried out a community survey. Data acquired from the survey was then analyzed and some recommendations were deduced in order to move transportation towards sustainability. In the end we also have discussed Peshawar’s transport system and have suggested that working on the same grounds we can achieve a sustainable transport system in much larger cities such as Peshawar, Lahore, and Rawalpindi etc. as well.