Abundant vehicles, BRT termed reasons behind Peshawar traffic mess

[Champion_Usmani]

Abundant vehicles, BRT termed reasons behind Peshawar traffic mess

PESHAWAR: A huge number of vehicles and ongoing work on the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project are the main reasons behind the traffic mess in the city, officials told the district council on Monday. SSP (Traffic) Kashif Zulfiqar and Superintendent of Police (Headquarters) Fazal Ahmad Jan briefed the councillors on the traffic situation in Peshawar.

The officials said that seven million vehicles, including 85,000 rickshaws, were plying roads in the provincial capital. Out of the 85,000 rickshaws, 50,000 were without permits, they added. The SSP traffic said that the traffic problem could be controlled after the BRT's completion.

The official added that the removal of wagons and buses from the roads would also address the problem. He said that 1,394 traffic wardens were performing duties despite 200-year-old route designs.

The official said that encroachments, illegal bus stands, roadside parking and vehicles without permits were the cause of the traffic mess. He asked the councillors to extend cooperation to the traffic wardens in removing encroachments and illegal stands that would address the problem.

The district council meeting had been convened on the directives of District Nazim Muhammad Asim Khan. The session was chaired by Naib Nazim Syed Qasim Ali Shah. After the SSP's briefing, Muhammad Asim Khan addressing the council said that the designs of commercial plazas would be rejected if they do not have car parking. He said that action was being initiated against the illegal car parking stands and vehicles that were plying roads without permits.

The nazim appreciated the traffic wardens for performing their duties despite lack of human resources. He added that the issue of car parking outside the Lady Reading Hospital had been taken up with officials concerned.

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[Champion_Usmani]

Clogged streets: Half of Peshawar’s rickshaws ‘plying without permits’

PESHAWAR:

Over half of the 85,000 rickshaws in the provincial capital are operating without any permits as the narrow streets of the city are clogged with some seven million vehicles. The situation was exacerbated by the absence of adequate public parking space in the city, particularly near markets.

This was disclosed by Traffic SSP Kashif Zulfikar and Traffic Headquarters SP Fazal Ahmad Jan as they presented a report on vehicles in the city to the district council.

The report noted that of the seven million cars on the roads of the city, around 1.115 million of these were motorbikes while around 85,300 cars were plying on the roads.




Moreover, there were around 85,000 rickshaws in the city but only 35,000 of these had permits.

They hoped that the congestion on the city’s roads would be resolved once the mass transit project, the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) is completed over the next three months with the project’s completion not only allowing a number of roads where construction is taking place to be reopened for traffic but would also help lower the vehicular burden on the roads as people opt for the mass transit system to commute rather than using their own vehicles.

Peshawar Nazim Asim Khan said that permission to around 23 per cent of plazas in the city had been denied because their layout plans did not include allocations for car-parks.

He further warned that they will soon take action against all illegal bus stands, car parks which have sprung up in the city. Those vehicles which are plying in the city without the requisite permits will also face action.

The traffic police officials said that they were in the process of installing closed-circuit television cameras (CCTV) across the city to keep an eye on the traffic situation on all thoroughfares and key intersections. This system, they explained, would help them spot and then quickly address any emerging traffic issues.

The two officers also told the elected members of the district council that there were just 1,394 traffic cops deployed on various intersections of the city. Despite their meagre number, they said that they were trying their utmost to control traffic on some 200 roads and intersections in the city. In this regard, they said that they had issued tickets to some members of the provincial and the national assembly for violating traffic laws.

One of the biggest hurdles faced by the traffic police officials in regulating traffic was the presence of encroachment, illegal bus stands, car parks and vehicles which lack route permits.

The traffic police officials urged the district, town and other local government representatives to cooperate them in an operation against these elements.

Moreover, they said that they had taken up the matter of an illegal, temporary car-park set up in front of the emergency ward gate of the Lady Reading Hospital (LRH) with the Cantonment Board authorities and the issue is expected to be resolved soon.

The Leader of the Opposition in the District Council Syed Mohammad Zahir, Sartaj Khan, Kamran, Rahamdil Nawaz, Alamzeb and treasury members including Taqdir Ali, Liaquat Ali, Shamsul Bari, Ashgar Khan, Rehman Afzal, Saeed Afridi, Iftikhar Ali and others demanded that the LRH Emergency Gate for general traffic should be reopened to resolve the traffic problem.

They added that people are facing difficulties in shifting patients to the hospital, therefore, the traffic police and the district government should take action in this regard.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 18th, 2018.

https://tribune.com.pk/story/186911...f-peshawars-rickshaws-plying-without-permits/

 

[khanmubashir]

Well I work in Peshawar
brt work is a major road hurdle
Hopefully once it's completed all this inconvenience will be rewarded

 

[Chakar The Great]

Thats temporary , happens when massive infrastructure projects are build. Once BRT project is completed, traffic flow would improve big time.

 

[Champion_Usmani]

Iron grills along Peshawar BRT route reap windfall for thieves

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[Yaseen1]

Kpk govt should focus on incompetencies now pti has excuse about federal and punjab govt that last 10yrs there was pmln govt but if kpk problems not solved after 5yrs they have no right to blame others as they have two consecutive govts in kpk

 

[Type59]

Brt is a great idea. Affordable for Pakistan. More the better.

 

[Champion_Usmani]

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