SLC33-W3: My Community, My Story – Transportation in My Area

mainuna (77)modMod|Journalist 🇧🇩in Hot News Community • 6 hours ago

^{rickshaw station}

Usually, one of the means of transportation to local places in our area is rickshaw or auto. I live in a rural area and my house is next to a city, so most people use rickshaws and autos to travel to local places. This rickshaw station is located in Phulbari Upazila. This station is located on the road from Phulbari Nimtala intersection to the library. This is basically a specific place designated by the government, all types of rickshaws are here.

^{they are waiting for passenger}

I mainly live in a rural area and there is no bus or train service in the rural area. Even to enter the main city, I have to travel by auto and rickshaw. I mainly prefer to travel by rickshaw the most. The main reason for this is that I like traveling in the open air much more and the air that is available when I get on a rickshaw or auto is fresh and it feels like walking in a free environment to me. Besides, the fares for auto and rickshaw in our area are comparatively low.

Rickshaw ride time

They are fixing the price

Auto Driver look at me

The transportation system in my area is very safe. There is a specific team for the autos or rickshaws that ply in my area. They operate the autos or rickshaws here through a specific committee, so it is much safer. Also, the committee cannot accept any auto or rickshaw fare outside the fixed price. Passengers have to be transported from a specific area, so they cannot travel to any outside part, so the passengers are always safe. Since the roads in the rural areas are a little bumpy, the journey is safe.

^{Rickshaw pullers sitting in the lights at night.}

I face several problems with the transportation system, one of which is that rickshaws or vans are not always available to travel from rural areas to the city. And rickshaws do not travel from any place or outside the specified time and they transport at least four to eight passengers, so many times they do not travel if they do not get passengers. I have to face this problem. I think many people have faced this problem and the first way out of this is to increase the fare and transport at least one person.

	when I visited Rickshaw Stand

If you want to use the local transport system in my area for the first time, I would give some special advice to visitors, one of which is: - Always take rickshaw transportation after determining the rickshaw fare. Do not get into a rickshaw outside the specified time without a rickshaw driver from that area. Do not travel by rickshaw towards the village at night. Travel by rickshaw with an umbrella on a rainy day. If traveling by rickshaw for a long distance, share your location with relatives.