Motorcycle could be a part of the solution of Traffic Jam in Dhaka City

Anybody who lives in Metropolitan Dhaka know that how the traffic Jam destroys the productive time here. Every year the metropolitan city dwellers losing millions of work hours just due to Traffic Jam. That creates a bad affect on the total productivity of the Citizens living in this capital city of Bangladesh. Thus, the gross domestic production of the country is directly affected by this traffic jam. Now a days, everybody is aware about the traffic jam and they are always talking about it in the seminars and workshops.

However, the total problem of the traffic Jam may be divided in to small fragments to solve the matter. Later, the small segments of the problem may be solved one after another for having a total cumulative success.

One of the aspects of the solution is just giving emphasis on the use of motorcycle. A motorcycle occupies less space than a sedan car or a microbus. About four motorcycles could be accommodated in the same space in the street which is occupied by a single microbus. A motor cycle drinks less petrol than a car. The primary investment for purchasing a 150 cc new motorcycle is less than one fourth of a reconditioned 1500 cc car. The maintenance cost of a motorcycle is also very minor in comparison with a car. However, a motorcycle has no roof to protect its passenger from rain and the sunshine.

In India, there are hundreds and thousands of motorcycles are being used, specially by the young people. India is producing their own motorcycles they need to give their citizens. Bangladesh can not produce motorcycles but can purchase some complex spare parts, (i.e., engine housing, crank shaft, bearings etc.,) from other countries and some simple parts can be produced in the country. Later both complex and simple parts may be assembled together for making a complete motor cycle. The Government can give incentive to the people towards purchasing of motorcycles by imposing less taxes on them.
Motor cycle is the symbol of small business, entrepreneurship and dynamism, young people love to use it. Young people is the symbol of energy and power. An young man with a motorcycle and a small business can boost up the total economy of a developing country like Bangladesh, yes, dramatically. 

Therefore, if you really want to contribute to the active development process of the economy of Bangladesh, try do it in a passive way first. Reduce the taxes on small vehicle like motorcycle. Please be kind to your people, especially to the working and effective group. It will help in developing small entrepreneurship and business, ultimately the economy at the grassroots level will be benefited by this. 


Economics of Bangladesh - if you want to develop it, primarily work on micro level first, which will push up the macro sectors as the logical consequence!