There are only 650 major intersections here—but somehow only 60 traffic lights.
Source: www.newrepublic.com
Dhaka is the capital of Bangladesh and (as I often tell my students) it is the biggest city that nobody has ever heard of. The infrastructure is so incredibly limited that traffic jams cost the city an estimated $3.8 billion in delays and air pollution. This is an excellent article to explore some of the problems confronting megacities.
Tags: Bangladesh, transportation, planning, density, South Asia, development, economic, megacities.
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