Transportation Problems in Developing Countries Pakistan: A Case-in-Point

Abstract

Identifying and solving transportation problems is one of the chief tasks confronting governments in developingcountries like Pakistan. Despite large expenditures on urban transport systems, the current transportationproblems in developing nations continue to worsen because of bad planning, lack of governance, and corruption.Therefore, developing countries like Pakistan, have a major crisis on their hands. Urban transport problems inPakistan are mostly managed by building larger and better roads, but building roads is not the solution. Roadprojects need to be part of an over-all transportation plan that includes traffic management and bigger and bettertransit systems and public transport. The principles of sustainable transport encourage utilization of low costpublic transport capable of performing well in mixed land use and densely–populated Pakistani cities. Thisarticle highlights the core problem of continuing failure by Pakistani government to develop and manage theirpublic transport systems to provide a high level of mobility, equity, and environmental sustainability.