International Journal of Transportation Engineering and Technology 2017; 3(4): 74-82 http://www.sciencepublishinggroup.com/j/ijtet doi: 10.11648/j.ijtet.20170304.15 ISSN: 2575-1743 (Print); ISSN: 2575-1751 (Online) Transportation System Analysis at the Major Road Intersection in the CBD Area of Rangpur City, Bangladesh Jakirul Islam Jony Prothan, Marazul Islam * , Atikur Rahman, Ashrafuzzaman Pramanik Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Pabna University of Science and Technology, Pabna, Bangladesh Email address: marazul120923@gmail.com (M. Islam), jakirpstu12@gmail.com (J. I. J. Prothan), atikurp121714@gmail.com (A. Rahman), ashraf.pramanik@gmail.com (A. Pramanik) * Corresponding author To cite this article: Jakirul Islam Jony Prothan, Marazul Islam, Atikur Rahman, Ashrafuzzaman Pramanik. Transportation System Analysis at the Major Road Intersection in the CBD Area of Rangpur City, Bangladesh. International Journal of Transportation Engineering and Technology. Vol. 3, No. 4, 2017, pp. 74-82. doi: 10.11648/j.ijtet.20170304.15 Received: September 27, 2017; Accepted: October 23, 2017; Published: December 14, 2017 Abstract: Traffic and transportation management is a major challenge for a city in Bangladesh. Moreover, this challenge is so critical to managing of traffic and transport at a Central Business Area (CBD) in a city like Rangpur. The main objectives of this study are to find out the present problems of traffic and transportation and discussion on way of an effective solution. So, the angle of different intersections, flow analysis of roads, level of service (LOS) analysis of selective roads and physical feature analysis at the CBD area is conducted for this study. To find out the condition of traffic and transportation at CBD area different type of survey have been done like traffic volume survey, physical feature survey, delay time survey, parking survey. Collected data analyzed by using MS Excel software and design or pictorial data analyzed by using GIS software, Google Sketch-up software. The main problems at the CBD area are informal occupancy, violet setback rules, no minimum sight distance for a vehicle, lack of proper use of footpath, inappropriate channelization of vehicles. Keywords: Traffic Congestion, Intersections & CBD 1. Introduction Bangladesh is a rapid move to an industrial country, city streets do not reach to function at its satisfactory level. Different classes of vehicles such as cars, vans, buses, tracks, auto– rickshaw, motorcycles, by- cycles, bullock carts, etc. are found to use the common roadway facilities without segregation on most of the roads in developing countries like Bangladesh [11]. A better transportation circulation system is very much important for every nation and its rapid demand of economic, industrial, trade etc. The efficiency of an urban transport system is greatly influenced by its circulation management system, Circulation management is very important for efficient functioning of road transport [1]. The urban transportation problem is actually a complex bundle of interrelated problems [2]. They can be grouped into three categories: congestion, mobility, and ancillary impacts. Traffic congestion, delays, noisy and unpleasant traffic way, anxiety for road accident, inaccessible and unpleasant pedestrian ways, these are common problems for every street [3]. The city corporation is located in the north-western part of Bangladesh. The present area is 203.19 Sq.Km and population are about 10 Lac [4]. Effective traffic and transportation management system are required at CBD area in Rangpur city. To increase the capacity and to ensure condition for smooth traffic movement immediate attention is required for the streets. The study will out the existing deficiencies of the traffic management system. Important Intersections at CBD Area a) Jahj Company Intersection b) Payirachottor Intersection c) Supermarket Intersection d) Townhall Intersection