Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain/Dhaka TribuneThere will be tremendous benefit to itBangladesh urban planners and city authorities should give additional effort to make cities more pedestrian-friendly once the coronavirus lockdown is relaxed. Meanwhile, neighbouring India plans to make 100 cities more pedestrian-friendly after coronavirus lockdown. If the pedestrian-friendly city is implemented, the commuters will also incorporate more walking. The challenges remain that for the city planners and city authorities, policy planning is always anti-poor and biased towards the elite. Hopefully, the city planners soon will include Dhaka among the most walkable cities such as New York, Vancouver, and Sydney.

Source: Dhaka Tribune June 22, 2020 11:48 UTC