PRESENTATION ON URBAN
TRANSPORT PLANNING AND
DESIGN IN PAKISTAN
INFORMATION REGARDING OUR
ORGANIZATION(ISLAMABAD
TRANSPORT AUTHORITY)
ORGANIZATIONAL CHART OF ISLAMABAD
TRANSPORT AUTHORITY
Deputy commissioner
Sr.superintendent police
(Member)
Director road-1 CDA
Director road -2CDA
Traffic engineer.CDA
(Members)
Secretary Islamabad transport authority
FUNCTIONS OF ISLAMABAD TRANSPORT
AUTHORITY
 Management of public transport under motor
vehicle ordinance 1965
 Creation of routes
 Issuance of route permits
 Renewal of route permits
 Enforcement of motor vehicle ordinance in
coordination with traffic police and capital
development authority
Functions continued
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Establishments of bus stands
Removal of illegal bus stops
Fixation of fare
Enforcement of fare
Redressal of grievances of commuters and general
public
 Liaison with transporters and their unions
 PRESENT STATUS AND FUTURE
PROSPECTS OF OUR COUNTRY
RELEVANT TO THE URBAN
TRANSPORT SYSTEM
LENGTH OF ROADS
 Total length of roads in Pakistan
 Metalled road
(55%)
 Universally acceptable standard
of road density
257000 Kms
150,000 Kms
 Road density in Pakistan
 Roads required to be constructed
0.32Km/Sq..Km
200,000Kms
0.5Km/Sq..Km
NUMBER OF VEHICLES ON ROAD IN
PAKISTAN
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Total number of vehicles plying on roads
Motorcycles
Motor cars
jeeps
station wagon
Trucks
Tractors
Buses
M.cab.Taxi
Delivery van
pick up
Ambulance
Tankers
Others
4619551
2259432
947357
42554
113452
143209
58208
94402
86672
111541
74310
3943
8535
71441
TRAFFIC VOLUME (ROADS)
 Mode
Total traffic
 Passenger
227,000
(million passenger
Kms)
 freight
(million Tons
118,000
Kms)
Urban traffic
Urban share%
94,227
42
14,403
12
POPULATION
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Total population
Total area
Average density
Rural Urban Ratio
Population growth rate
140 million
796095 Sq..Km
175 person per Sq..Km
67:33
2.9%
RELEVANT LAWS
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Motor vehicle ordinance 1965
Motor vehicle rules 1969
Pakistan penal code
Prevention of road accident order 1978
Environment protection Act 1997
PROBLEMS THAT HINDER DEVELOPMENT OF
PROJECTS,ORGANIZATION AND NECESSARY
COUNTER MEASURES
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Urbanization
Increase in growth rate
Environment related problems
Lack of driver’s training and education
Low standard driving schools
Continued
 Road user behaviour
 Lack of proper enforcement
 Lack of coordination amongst various transport related
agencies
 Oversimplified licence issuance system
 Improper traffic management
COUNTER MEASURES
 BETTER MANAGEMENT AND GOOD
GOVERNANCE AS A SOLUTION OF
ALL THESE PROBLEMS
OTHER MEASURES
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Efforts for Control of population
Efforts for controlling degradation in environment
Efforts for city planning
Construction of properly designed roads
Efforts for better training of drivers
Media campaign for change in road user’s
behaviour
 Revamping of motor vehicle examining bodies
METHODS FOR REGULATING TRAFFIC IN
URBAN TRANSPORT
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Control by traffic signals
Imposition of speed limits
Introduction of one way operations
Restriction of driving directions
Restriction on parts of the carriage way for use by
specified class of vehicles
continued
 Exclusion of vehicles by size or weight
 Limitation on parking and loading
 Temporary regulations for special events
MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION AND
INSPECTION SYSTEM
 A vehicle cant be driven without registration
 Each vehicle carries a registered mark displayed in
prescribed manner
 Mandatory vehicle inspection before registration
 Registration mark consists of group of letters allotted to the
district concerned followed by a number containing not
more than four figures
INSPECTION
 Vehicle must carry a fitness certificate issued by motor
vehicle examiner
 Certificate remains effective from a period of six months
to three years
 Examiner considers following points in passenger’s
vehicles
width,height,length,weight,seating arrangements,
protection against the weather,size nature and condition of
tyres break and stearing system, use of safety
glass,signaling appliances,lamps, reflectors, emission of
smoke and noise
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