March 6, 2024

Capacity Enhancement Training for Updating Revised Strategic Transport Plan (URSTP) for Dhaka Bangladesh

Oriental Consultants Global Co., Ltd. (OC Global), the lead company for the project, “Updating Revised Strategic Transport Plan (URSTP) for Dhaka,” conducted a capacity enhancement training from 28 January to 3 February 2024, in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) supported the training, which was attended by approximately 30 members from various organizations, including the Dhaka Transport Coordination Authority (DTCA), Roads and Highways Department (RHD) of the Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges, Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC)/Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC), Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK), and Bangladesh Railway (BR).

 

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Group Photo at the Entrance of the Venue

In this training, OC Global’s Transport Planning & ICT Department’s Mr. Wachi Tomokazu, Mr. Kawaguchi Hirohisa, Mr. Akiho Keisuke, and Mr. Moriwaki Takatoshi participated as lecturers. They conducted lectures on the entire process of constructing transportation demand forecasting models, incorporating exercises using the transportation demand forecasting specialized software, TransCAD. Mr. A.B.M. Amin Ullah Nuri, Secretary of the Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges, attended the opening ceremony, while Ms. Neelima Akhter, Director-General of the Dhaka Transport Coordination Authority (DTCA), participated in the closing ceremony.

Opening ceremony
Second from the left:Mr. A B M Amin Ullah Nuri / Secretary of RHD
Second from the right : Mr. Neelima Akhter / Director General of DTCA
Right:Mr. Rabiul Alam / Project Director of DTCA URSTP
Left:Mr. Tomokazu Wachi / OC Global

Photo of the training

Through capacity enhancement training for local government officials, OC Global contributes to infrastructure development and economic growth in the respective country.

 

 

OC Global supports the creation of livable communities through Transit-Oriented Development (TOD).