Editing Dhaka (section)

==== Bus ====
Buses carried about 1.9 million passengers per day in 2007.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Jinat Jahan & Syeda Bushra Binte Amin |date=2013 |title=An Approach to Estimate Demand and Supply of Bus Service, in Particular, Road Section of Dhaka |url=https://www.bip.org.bd/admin/uploads/bip-publication/publication-11/paper/20141016160305.pdf |url-status=live |journal=Journal of Bangladesh Institute of Planners |volume=6 |pages=5 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230311030819/https://www.bip.org.bd/admin/uploads/bip-publication/publication-11/paper/20141016160305.pdf |archive-date=11 March 2023 |access-date=16 January 2023}}</ref> Public buses in Dhaka are primarily operated by numerous private companies, with a minority run by the state-owned [[Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation]] (BRTC).<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Campos |first1=Jose Edgardo |url=https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/pt/797631467998806501/pdf/693780BRI0P1080Bus0Operations0final.pdf |title=Operationalizing Political Economy: Urban Bus Operations in Dhaka |last2=Akbar |first2=Sameer |publisher=[[World Bank]] |year=2008 |series=South Asia Political Economy and Governance Issues Note No. 1 |location=Washington, DC |access-date=23 May 2024 |archive-date=16 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716162252/https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/pt/797631467998806501/pdf/693780BRI0P1080Bus0Operations0final.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation|BRTC]] buses are red, based initially on the [[AEC Routemaster|Routemaster]] buses of London. There are three inter-district bus terminals in Dhaka, which are located in the city's [[Mohakhali]], Saidabad, and Gabtoli areas. It is now planned to move three inter-district bus terminals outside the town.<ref>{{Cite news |date=19 September 2021 |title=Inter-district bus terminals to be moved outside Dhaka |url=https://archive.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/dhaka/2021/09/19/inter-district-bus-terminals-to-be-moved-outside-dhaka |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125090528/https://archive.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/dhaka/2021/09/19/inter-district-bus-terminals-to-be-moved-outside-dhaka |archive-date=25 January 2022 |access-date=25 January 2022 |work=Dhaka Tribune}}</ref> Highway links to the Indian cities of [[Kolkata]], [[Agartala]], [[Guwahati]] and [[Shillong]] have been established by the BRTC and private bus companies, which also run regular international bus services to those cities from Dhaka.<ref name="BRTC" />

Set to open in December 2024,{{Update after|2025}} the {{Convert|20.5|km|adj=on}} [[Dhaka BRT|Dhaka Bus Rapid Transit]] system is expected to reduce travel time from Dhaka to the [[satellite town]] of [[Gazipur]] from as long as four hours to just 35–40 minutes.<ref name="t839">{{Cite web |last=Adhikary |first=Tuhin Shubhra |date=16 October 2023 |title=BRT-3 not this year |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/news/brt-3-not-year-3444626 |access-date=16 June 2024 |website=The Daily Star |archive-date=20 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240520170618/https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/news/brt-3-not-year-3444626 |url-status=live }}</ref>