Bio
Md Musfiqur Rahman Bhuiya is a Graduate Assistant in the Department of Geography at The University of Alabama. His research focuses on transportation planning, pedestrian level of service, and environmental sciences. He has authored a notable study on evaluating pedestrian level of service of footpath segments in Dhaka City using multi-criteria decision making. With 26 publications and 165 citations, his work has contributed to urban mobility and sustainability. He holds an h-index of 9 and an i10-index of 8. He is also an Assistant GIS Specialist at the Urban Resilience Project of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartipakkha in Bangladesh. He is an active member of the Bangladesh Institution of Planners and BUET Planners. His academic profiles are available on ORCID, OpenAlex, Google Scholar, and ResearchGate.
Educational Journey
The University of Alabama
Graduate Assistant, Department of Geography, The University of Alabama
Experience
Rajdhani Unnayan Kartipakkha (Capital Development Authority of Bangladesh)
Assistant GIS Specialist
2017 - Present • Urban Resilience ProjectAffiliations
Bangladesh Institution of Planners
Membership
Member since 0BUET Planners
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Member since 0Research
Evaluation of Pedestrian Level of Service of Selected Footpath Segments of Dhaka City Using Multi-criteria Decision Making Approach
Walking is considered to be the most important mode of travel across the world, particularly for a shortdistance trip. Since 19.6% of the trips are made by the foot in Dhaka, it is necessary to ensure a friendly walking environment in the footpath for the welfare of pedestrians of Dhaka. This study aims to make a comparative analysis of Pedestrian Level of Service (PLOS) of selected footpath segments along Segun Bagicha road, Toynbee Circular Road, Mirpur Road, and Baily road. Pedestrian Level of Service has been determined based on ten factors: path width, pedestrian volume, crossing facilities, availability of buffer, distance from vehicular traffic, surface quality, comfort, walking environment, the existence of street light. The weight of each factor has been determined through the Multi-criteria analysis approach Analytical Hierarchy Process. Path width, Pedestrian volume, and the existence of buffer are the first, second and third most important factors. PLOS has been determined based on the indexed value of factors and weight of factors. All the sections were found to have poor PLOS. The findings of the study will be helpful for transport policymakers to improve the condition of these factors to ensure a better walking condition for pedestrians of selected footpath sections.
