Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA)
Opinion / Will anyone take responsibility for traffic deaths?
The Eid festivities in April marked a grim milestone with a record number of road traffic accidents and casualties.
National Road Safety Day / Road crash victims deserve a better compensation scheme
Questions have been raised by road safety activists as to whether a human life can be valued at only Tk 5 lakh.
The undelivered promise of road safety
Govt attitude must change for such tragedies to end
Can we finally expect a decline in road crashes?
Launch of the largest-ever road safety project in Bangladesh brings hope but also familiar concerns
Why is 1 in 5 buses in Dhaka unfit?
Authorities must wake up from their perpetual slumber and address the anarchy in the transport sector
Good idea, bad planning
RHD decision to scrap outdated commercial vehicles must be implemented properly
A suspicious BRTA diktat
BRTA must work collaboratively with all stakeholders to ensure road safety
We need reliable official data on road crashes
Reliable data key to preventing road crashes and casualties
Highway accident or murder?
A crash that exposes all the problems with our road transport system
Casualties in Road Crashes: Campaigners question govt’s low numbers
For the first time, the road transport and bridges ministry has made public the statistics of road accidents and casualties for a particular month, January.
Is this the best the BRTA can do?
New guideline on motorcycle is unlikely to be effective without wider reforms
How long before BRTA does its part?
Rampant irregularities and corruption must be checked
No licence, no bike
Nobody will be allowed to buy a motorcycle without a driving licence. Also, one would need a licence to get a motorcycle registered with the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority.
A misguided approach to road safety
The claim that road safety campaigners are showing ‘fabricated’ data is troubling
Safe roads before smart cities
Time to put people’s safety at the heart of policymaking
BRTA must justify the increase in service fees with quality services
Another cost burden on citizens in Bangladesh
Govt all set to jack up fees for vehicles
The government is going to increase fees for most services provided by the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA), putting additional financial burden on private and commercial vehicle owners.
Result, not rhetoric, is key for road safety
New RTA rules can improve safety if properly enforced
Small vehicles shoot up, so do accidents
A sharp and unregulated growth of vehicles, especially motorcycles and three-wheelers, over the last few years has resulted in a spike in the numbers of road crashes and casualties.
