Pakistan’s Urban Transport and Commute Problems (an Empirical Investigation)

Abstract

Like all evolving economies, Pakistan’s urban transport and commute problem is one of the tenacious subjects of the time which needs to be judged and evaluated. With mounting congestions on roadscausing from an upturn in number of privately owned vehicles, urban commuting problem is aggravated so abruptly in all the major cities of Pakistan. The resolution of this research was to study the transport infrastructure in Pakistan and the conditions of traffic and commute in the country while focusing its major cities. Respondents’ perceptions/responses on the proposition of this study were recorded for reaching the empirical findings on urban transports and commute problems and their effects. 1000 respondents were selected from all major cities those wereaffected during the rush hours. The findings confirmed that the traffic and commute conditions are very critical problems in all major cities of Pakistan. The present conditions of traffic and commute pave the way for effecting employee productivities, while traffic congestion promotes psychological problems in public in general. The findings recorded that, in country the circular railway network development reduces the dependency of general people on buses and other means of commute further, this circular railway system eliminates traffic congestion in all major cities of Pakistan. Findings proposed that the better commuting infrastructure (low types roads, high types roads, under passes, bridges, and fly overs) can save the time of public while eliminating the traffic jams in all the major cities. This research recommends that the eliminations of encroachments may also pave the way for reducing traffic and commuting congestions. It was proposed empirically by this study that a good welcome for traffic rules by public may help to manage commuting on the roads as the whole.