Traffic Congestion In Pakistan

Sociology Project

Topic: Traffic Congestion

Supervisor: Sir M. Kamil

Group Members: BILAL ANWAR, AQSA HUSSAIN, AREEJ ZAHID, NOOR UN NISA

Department: Bachelor Of Business Administration

TRAFFIC CONGESTION

Traffic congestion is a condition on road networks that occurs as use increases, and is characterized by slower speeds, longer trip times.

• Congestion is a situation in which demand for road space exceeds supply.

• When traffic demand is great enough that the interaction between vehicles slows the speed of the traffic stream, this results in some congestion. SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS TOPIC

• It is understandable that many people consider

It 's bad enough that there isn 't enough road capacity for the increasing numbers of vehicles travelling on them, and rude and aggressive drivers make a bad situation even worse.

CAUSES OF TRAFFIC CONGESTION

• Traffic Problem in Pakistan is getting worse with every coming day specially in big cities like Karachi, Lahore,Rawalpindi , Islamabad, Quetta, Peshawar and Hyderabad.

• Government is doing very little efforts to avoid traffic jams and other traffic problems in Pakistan. Following the major causes of traffic problems and their solutions.

• Small roads for the number of cars and motor cycles.

• Rapid growth of the population. As a result of this, the number of cars is increasing annually.

• There are more women drivers and younger drivers today than in the past.

• The increase in the number of trucks and commercial vehicles also causes traffic congestion, these vehicles move very slowly, sometimes stopping to unload goods, and blocking traffic.

• Broken roads – as people don’t like to move from the broken part so traffic increases on rest of the

EMERGENCY VEHICLES

When we request a police officer, an ambulance or a fire truck and the emergency vehicle is unable to respond in an appropriate amount of time because of traffic congestion it can be a danger to you and your property.

DELAYS

During the morning there is additional stress because delays caused by traffic can make people late for work. And at the end of the day, the afternoon rush hour is again a frustrating time because the workday is done and people want to get home to relax, and traffic is preventing it.

ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS

POLLUTION:

One of the most harmful effects of traffic congestion is its impact on the environment. Despite the growing number of hybrid vehicles on the road, cars stopped in traffic still produce a large volume of harmful carbon emissions. Besides contributing to global warming, these emissions can cause more short-term and localized problems, such as smog and increased respiratory problems in a community due to poor air quality.

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