The Adverse Impact of Increasing Transportation on Population

A Case Study of the Historic Peshawar City

Abstract

The purpose of the present study is to identify the transportation problems in the Historic Peshawar City and to come up with viable suggestions for improvement. In this regard, a survey was conducted from 1st to 31st May 2008 in six localities of the city. Sixty individuals, selected through random sampling, were interviewed. A mixed type of questionnaire was used to collect the relevant data. Results were interpreted in percentages. The study shows that the greatest problem associated with the ever growing transportation is mismanagement, which results into wastage of time (30%), wastage of fuel (28.33%), generation of pollution (18.33%), occurrence of road-accidents and stress (15%), and road damages (8.33%). In Peshawar City, the transportation problems are complex, and need an integrated approach to be solved.