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Karachi Transport System Acknowledgment This report is related to the research work on KARACHI the issues and problems in Transport System of Karachi TRANSPORT Abdullah Ilyas Ghaznavi, Faryah Saeed Bukhsh, Nimra Bajwa, Mahnoor Anwer, Faizan Ahmed , Arsalan Ahmed, Abeera SYSTEM Haseen, Mohsin Shahid URC Internship 2017 Research Work Report on qualitative and quantitative research on Karachi transport REPORT on Qualitative and Quantitative Research on KARACHI TRANSPORT i Report on qualitative and quantitative research on Karachi transport Table of Contents ACKNOWLEDGEMENT .................................................................................................................... iiv ABBREVIATIONS ............................................................................................................................... v EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: ............................................................................................................... vi CHAPTER 01 .................................................................................................................................... 1 INTRODUCTION: .......................................................................................................................... 1 BACKGROUND: ................................................................................................................................ 1 Public transport in Pakistan: ....................................................................................................... 1 Modes of transportation: ........................................................................................................... 3 Reasons for best transportation: ................................................................................................ 4 Reasons for worst transportation: .............................................................................................. 4 CHAPTER 02 .................................................................................................................................... 5 ROAD ACCIDENTS IN KARACHI: ....................................................................................................... 5 Traffic accidents statistics data 2006-2016: ............................................................................... 5 Pakistan (10 YEARS) ................................................................................................................ 5 Sindh-Karachi (10 YEARS) ........................................................................................................ 6 Transport vs. Population: ............................................................................................................ 6 Population: .............................................................................................................................. 6 Traffic: ..................................................................................................................................... 7 CHAPTER 03 .................................................................................................................................... 8 RESEARCH AND SURVEYS CONDUCTED: ......................................................................................... 8 Outcome of the Interviews: ........................................................................................................ 8 Rush Hour: ........................................................................................................................ 8 Routes ............................................................................................................................... 8 Fares: ................................................................................................................................ 9 Behavioral Issues: ............................................................................................................. 9 Traffic Police: .................................................................................................................... 9 Government Rules and Regulations: .............................................................................. 10 Inspection and Maintenance Policy: .............................................................................. 10 ii Report on qualitative and quantitative research on Karachi transport ................................................................................................................................................... 12 CHAPTER 04 .................................................................................................................................. 13 TRANSPORT AND INFRASTRUCTURE PROBLEMS:......................................................................... 13 Foot Paths and Road Side Encroachments: .............................................................................. 13 Poor Road Infrastructure and lack in bus stops: ....................................................................... 14 Infrastructure of buses ......................................................................................................... 15 Interconnection between Transport and Other Sectors: ......................................................... 16 CHAPTER 05 .................................................................................................................................. 18 GOVERNMENT PROJECTS FOR TRANSPORT IN KARACHI: ............................................................ 18 Bus Rapid Transit (BRT): ............................................................................................................ 18 Advantages of BRT: ............................................................................................................... 19 Disadvantages of BRT:........................................................................................................... 20 Karachi Circular Railway (K.C.R) ................................................................................................ 20 Objectives of the Project ...................................................................................................... 20 Critical analysis of Karachi Circular Railway .......................................................................... 21 CHAPTER 06 .................................................................................................................................. 22 RECOMMENDATIONS: .................................................................................................................. 22 CONCLUSION: ................................................................................................................................ 23 KARACHI'S TRANSPORT NEWS CLIPPINGS 2007/2017 ................................................................. 24 TRANSPORT’S VIDEOS ................................................................................................................. 106 TRANSPORT RELATED BLOGS ...................................................................................................... 112 TRANSPORT RELATED BOOKS .................................................................................................... 114 iii Report on qualitative and quantitative research on Karachi transport ACKNOWLEDGMENT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We would like to thankful to Mr.younus baloch director of Urban Resource Centre in Karachi who gave opportunity to us to have a research from his reported and well known organization and he gave us his precious time to share his views quiet often on the subject. We would like to show our gratitude to sir Zahid Farooq and entire team of URC who cooperate with us and provide necessary information and give valuable suggestions to complete this report efficiently. We are immensely grateful to the respondents who shared their precious time and useful insights for our research. iv Report on qualitative and quantitative research on Karachi transport ABBREVIATIONS ABBREVIATIONS URC URBAN RESOURCE CENTRE KCR KARACHI CIRCULAR RAILWAY BRT BUS RAPID TRANSIT CDGK CITY DISTRICT GOVERNMENT KARACHI DIG DIRECTOR INSPECTOR GENERAL CNG COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS EMU ELECTRIC MULTIPLE UNIT ADB ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK TMO TALUKA MUNICIPAL OFFICER CCTV CLOSED-CIRCUIT TELEVISION v Report on qualitative and quantitative research on Karachi transport EXECUTIVE SUMMARY EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The report is written to identify the problems of transportation followed by realist and feasible recommendations. Secondary research was carried to highlight the evaluation of transportation and comparative analysis with the population growth. It was identified that the need of transportation i.e. monitoring and maintenance, has not fulfilled due to which keeping conditions of public transportation in view private transportation is taking air by storm and giving birth to other transportation problems such as pollution , accidents , traffic congestion , encroachments any many other. To evaluate the ground realities, primary data was collected by surveys from local people who use public transport on daily basis. The survey highlights the other social, economic and physical conditions of public transport. Other sector which influence the transportation and are influence by it such as footpaths , road , bus stops, venders etc. are discussed along with the interconnection of transportation and other socio- economic conditions of the state. A comparative analysis has been done to extract the best transportation mood. The report
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