Abstract: While critically studying scenic paradigms, the cities of organic significance with natural topogra phical terrain in present situational perspectives, population density, vehicular and motorized traffic scenarios. Amazingly growing surprising sprawls very successfully trying to enchant the green covered hilly topographic landscapes with concrete masses of residences and townships The anomaly and catastrophe referring to the proper land use allocation for the existing areas within cities of natural landforms, and the dogmatic mannerism of the public towards not responding sensitively to this pertaining issue often inflames the existing mushroom growth and uncontrollable sprawl within cities. Commercial jungle ferociously encroaching over the residential peripheries hovers over the main arteries of city such as Main highways and other peripheral secondary and tertiary routes since years. In addition to the serious violation of right of ways allocated for natural drains and sewers facilitating the normal public to be land grabbers of public property This issue would erupt enormously to the level making the rainwater drains blocked. This would facilitate the water to intrude into the residences and other public property such as main transit routes and secondary and tertiary roads. In addition to the international level megacities and that of Pakistan, even small towns are seriously affected, and its severity is evident through observing rapid, uncontrolled mushroom growth processes through inevitable urbanization. This in turn portrays its implications through catastrophically increasing motorization and problematic vehicular transportations passing through small towns and cities. The study focuses on what would be suggested solutions for the prevailing issue of alarming vehicular transit flux through a very small town as Abbottabad, which has Karakorum Highway (KKH) or Mansehra road as the only artery which is catering the load of both intercity and intra city diversified traffic burden through decades? A mass transit system, BRT (bus rapid transit), train transit or some indigenously generated solution such as tram systems, cable car systems. Very importantly how this transportation solution would impact the Architectural building skyline of the city. This is the need of the day and which may prove itself to be a sustainable and long term visionary objective based problem solving mechanism, a challenging attribute with respect to socio economic need, climatological tectonics, architectural character enhancing machinery and toolkit for the city like Abbottabad.
Keywords: Architectural character, Organic significance, urban design strategies, transport scape, city skyline, urban landscape, Mass transit system.
Title: Strategizing the Future Transport Infrastructure for Cities of Organic Significance to Conceptualize an Efficient Mass Transit System (Case of Abbottabad)
Author: Ar.Muhammad Faisal Rehman, Dr.Sagheer Aslam, Ar.Shahid Mansoor
International Journal of Engineering Research and Reviews
ISSN 2348-697X (Online)
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