Presentation on Traffic Problems

							Traffic Problems in Lahore

 Submitted To: Sir Rauf Akhtar
PRESENTERS
•   Sami Zahra
•   Asif Nadeem
•   Hamid Yar
•   Bilal Ahmed
AGENDA
• Brief History of Lahore
• Causes of Traffic Problems
• Recommendations
Brief History Of Lahore
Lahore is the capital of the Pakistani province Punjab.
It is often called the Garden of Mughals. Lahore also
is often called the cultural heart of Pakistan, as it is
the center of Pakistani arts, films and intelligentsia.
Mughals structures such as the Badshahi Mosque, the
Data Durbar Complex, the Lahore Fort,
Shalimar Garden, and the mausoleum of Jehangir
and Nur Jehan are popular tourist spots in the city
Causes of Traffic Problems
•   Infrastructure
•   Out of order traffic signals
•   Traffic Sign board
•   Lack of parking lots
•   Construction projects & traffic jams
•   Organization responsible for traffic
Causes of Traffic Problems
•   Jams due to Protest
•   Encroachments and congestion
•   Addition of new vehicles
•   Racing
•   Heaps of garbage
Infrastructure
• Work in progress in different areas is
  the one of the most prominent
  source of traffic jam in Lahore.
• Similarly lack of parking lots.
• Open gutters.
Infrastructure
•   Out of order traffic signals,
•   Lack pedestrian paths,
•   Inappropriate traffic sign boards
•   No alternative means of
    transportation
Out of order traffic signals
A number of traffic signals in the city
are out of order due to unscheduled
power outages, causing numerous
traffic problems.
Traffic Sign board
• Public attitude towards sign boards
• Official ignorance
• Points to be pondered by
  administration
Lack of parking lots
• Annually, 100,000 vehicles are
  adding to the existing 1.7 million
  vehicles.
• The city will be a mess by 2010 if
  parking plazas are not constructed.
Construction projects & traffic
jams
  • Incomplete Lahore ring road
  • Traffic jam on canal during summer
  • Canal Road expansion project
Organization responsible for
traffic
Organization responsible for
traffic
• Gulberg construction Work and role of
  traffic wardens
• Government wants traffic wardens to
  help Transport Dept:
• Additional Responsibilities of warden:
Organization responsible for
traffic
• Traffic police and the VIP
  movements:
• Drawbacks of suspending warden’s
  3rd shift
• Issuing of driving license
Jams due to Protest
• Traffic jam due to doctor’s protest
• Lawyer’s Protest
Encroachments and
congestion
• Encroachment on Naulakha Chowk
• Shopkeeper’s notion about
  encroachments
Addition of new vehicles
•   No of vehicles
•   70,342 in 1980
•   238,143 in 1989
•   618,566 in 1999
•   1.17 M in 2008
•   Growing at average of 3000 per
    month
Racing
• Failure of Jallo Racing Track project
• Death due to one wheeling and
  racing
• Role of Police
Heaps of garbage
• Roads with Heaps of garbage
• Problems for the citizens
Recommendations
  In this context, first of all, it is a good idea to
call for a commitment to avoid unnecessary
cars on the road. Car-pooling is an excellent
option to the problem. Why don’t three or four
people from the same office travel together in
the same car rather than all traveling in
individual cars? This practice has been widely
adopted in the US and proven to be highly
successful. Schools, factories, and offices
should try to provide buses for pick and drop
services for their students and workers.