A study on Urban Mobility in Northern Cities of Bangladesh

. The percentage of urban areas dedicated to streets and public spaces is a crucial feature of spatial planning of cities. By 2050 urban mobility will be one of the biggest confronts of cities around the globe. This study has been car-ried out to assess the ratio of public space allocated to the streets in some cities of Bangladesh. The length, width, area and number of street crossings have been counted for city core and its suburban area, as an indicator of the form and pattern of the street layout. In this exercise, the rest of the public space, like gardens and general public spaces for amenities, including sports, are not taken into ac-count. The methodology of data collection has been through Google Earth and GIS software. For precise results, other more sophisticated software is essential. Nevertheless, even at these levels of precision, very interesting city patterns emerge. The findings of this study show that Bogra, Rangpur, Dinajpur are better cities having higher land allocation rate for street, including sufficient crossings. Nilphamari and Thakurgaon have lower land area for streets; tend to have lower connectivity and productivity. Rest of the cities has average land area for street and average number of street crossings.