Karachi – Case Study

Contents:
• Mobility for non-motorized transport
• Uber/Careem – good or bad?
• Mobility for differently abled people Prepared by
Abyan Amir
Arijah Siddiqui
Ahmad Zaid
Farid Ahmed
Karachi’s Transport System
BUS TRIPS

50% to 60% of the

total 24.2 million
trips taken daily
within Karachi

More than 4000

50-seater buses

More than 5000 mini

buses

More than 3000

coaches

Seat-Passenger ratio
1:45
OTHER TRIPS

20%
of the total
24.2 million
trips taken
daily within
Karachi
PEDESTRIAN TRIPS

20%
of the total
24.2 million
trips taken
daily within
Karachi
 MAJOR PROBLEMS

Less open access to the Quality of Life/Rise in

Pollution
city/Inadequate coverage accident severity Index

Inefficient/uncomfortable Rise in Traffic/Road Difficulties for People with

public transport infrastructure special needs
Difficulties for People with special needs

Challenges:
1. The contemporary public transport system has no provisions for differently abled citizens and this is in direct contradiction to one of
the core princiiples of sustainable urban moblity that is inclusivity and providing access to every segment of society.
Why do we need Non-Motorized Transport?

Flexible
Transport

Improve
Environment
friendly
public
health

Accessible
in most-
Affordable
needed
areas
Challenges
Social
Implications/Gender/Class

Vulnerable

No safety protocols

NMT elimination from

roads

No NMT-user friendly
pathways
No proper management
system
Challenges
Causes of Implications

Sprawling in Karachi

Far proximity between

homes and work

More investments in auto

mobile infrastructure

Social discrimination

Lack of zoning laws

Boondoggle
Implications
Is Uber/Careem good or bad?
Is Uber/Careem good or bad?

GOOD BAD
A good privately More cheap
owned initiative options are
available
Counters Karachi’s
public transport More load on
system infrastructure

Comfort/Luxury Not fuel efficient

Defined safety Adds up to traffic

protocols congestion
 Is Uber/Careem good or bad?

1 bus can
carry 35
GOOD BAD people,
nearly 10
careem/uber
More cheap cars will be
A good privately required to
owned initiative options are carry 35
Counters Karachi’s available people
public transport More load on
system infrastructure 1 qhinqi can
carry 6
Comfort/Luxury/ Not fuel efficient people,
nearly 2
Defined safety Adds up to traffic careem/uber
protocols congestion cars will be
required to
carry 6
people
In brief, what do we need?
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