Dr. Anwarul Karim is the Assistant Chief of Road Division in the Department of Public Works & Transportation in the Prince George's County Government in the State of Maryland in USA.
Dr. Karim has been the Transportation Consultant for the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, United States Federal Government as well as the State Governments of Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania, Government of Washington DC, and County Governments in Washington Metro Area.
Dr. Karim is an internationally renowned Traffic Engineering and Transportation Planning Specialist. He was an Advisor on Transportation with the Government of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates and Government of Guyana in South America.
In an interview with VOA Bangla Service, Dr Karim says Bangladesh needs to develop a traffic model based on existing travel demands. This will be a mathematical model which will have the capability to forecast future year demands based on socio-economic data. He said the goal should be to develop a Master Transportation Plan for Bangladesh as well as for capital Dhaka city and for other major cities in Bangladesh. He favors establishing an environmentally sustainable rickshaw transport system in Bangladesh on special low-budgeted sector roads without interfering main street vehicular traffic in major cities in Bangladesh. This can be achieved by introducing the ‘color-coded rickshaw’ concept.
