Abstract
Purpose The quantity of e-taxi in Bangladesh is increasing day by day, especially in the municipality area. With the increase of this e-taxi quantity, it becomes hard to provide parking space for these consequences the illegal parking on road. This parking consequences traffic congestion on the road and obstructs the free flow of traffic. So, this paper aims to investigate the present scenario of this e-taxi parking problem and provides a solution by finding out a suitable location for an e-taxi station by the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) approach. Design/methodology/approach For the study, both primary and secondary data were collected. Primary data on existing parking points on the road of e-taxi which consequences traffic congestion are collected from the Municipality area. Secondary data on the existing road network of the Pabna Municipality has collected from the MIDP data also from the literature review. For the suitability analysis process for establishing an e-taxi station, six variables were determined. These variables are determined from the previous studies and the expert opinion survey. The six variables are land use of the study area, road network of the study area, proximity to the office area, proximity to the educational facilities, proximity from the market and finally,proximity from the hospital. After the selection of the variables ranking value was determined from the expert opinion. Then using The AHP method final weight value is determined and, finally, with the assist of geographical information system. Findings From the resulting total 4,285 spots were found as optimally suitable spots are found which is almost 21% of the suitable spot. No mostly suitable spots are found from the GIS analysis. The moderately suitable spots were found in the prime number of 14,817 spots, almost 75% of the suitable spot. Likely the most suitable spots no partly suitable spots were found but the number of very few suitable spots was found in the number of 918, 4% of the suitable spot. A total of 20,020 spots was found as suitable for the construction of E-taxi station. Originality/value Finding out a suitable spot for e-taxi stand the traffic congestion can be solved, accident risk can be minimized during loading and unloading of passengers and the municipality authority can find a permanent solution for the traffic congestion problem.
Highlights
Pabna is one of the ancient towns in Bangladesh
Authority of the Pabna municipality formally assured that number of provided licenses up to 1200 e-taxi and 530 rickshaws and state that almost the same o a greater number of unauthorized e-taxi have existed at the municipality area (Chakma et al, 2018)
This study finds out the existing parking patterns of e-taxi on the road for passenger load and unloads which consequences traffic congestion and finds out the points where this parking occurs
Summary
Pabna is one of the ancient towns in Bangladesh. masses of provider facilities were focused within the town. It is very urgent to establish an e-taxi station at the Pabna Municipality area This e-taxi stand obviously should be established in such a place where land acquisition will be easy as well as in a computing distance from the points where most load and unload of passenger happens. This study will help to reduce the traffic congestion caused by e-taxi and will make sure a smooth traffic system Another thing is that it will reduce the risk of accidents which happen frequently due to the parking of e-taxi on-road and mainly at the time of load and unload of passengers. These e-taxi drivers unload passengers on the road which consequences frequent accidents in the municipality area Another important side of the study is that this study will help the policymakers to solve the e-taxi parking problem and solve the traffic congestion caused by e-taxi permanently
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