Bus is the most popular mode of transports in Dhaka city because it is cheaper and safer than all other modes. it is now a city of 15 millions with majority of them travelling by bus.
Buses are not only cheaper, but also environment friendly. Over the past decade, Dhaka city saw many new routes for metro bus. Many luxurious bus ply on a few routes.
It made life of city commuters relatively better, safer, and comfortable.
But the key problem the city dwellers face is the lack of information about the routes and the approximate fare.
A US-based portal mydigonto.com recently surfaced on the World Wide Web with solutions of the problem of Dhaka. They have launched a web-based application called ‘Bus Route Application’.
The ‘Bus Route Application’ provides point-to-point bus routes. The interface is very simple, easy to use, and intuitive.
It tells the commuters about the routes and the easier mode for them to travel. It suggests which bus one should use to travel from one place to another.
The portal provides commuters with a route plan as well. The users can get time based or distance based routing too.
But some problems still lie on the portal. The portal is yet to gather information about all the routes of the most populous city in the world. And some information available on the portal is outdated as well.
That is the reason why the site developers provided a tab on the site called ‘Feedback’. It invites information from people about the bus routes not available on the website.
The most intriguing part of the portal is an interactive bus route map of Dhaka Metropolitan Area, which will definitely help the commuters to understand easily which way they are going to reach their destination.