The Sindh chief minister's announcement of a comprehensive transport master plan represents the latest attempt to address the city's chronic mobility crisis. CM Murad Ali Shah's plan would see the number of buses in the city rise 15-fold, going from about 1,000 right now to 15,000 citywide. The plan also takes an integrated approach — combining bus rapid transit systems, introducing metro light rail, and reviving the Karachi Circular Railway — with the aim of creating a sustainable urban mobility model that could finally transform how Karachi moves.

However, Karachi has a long history of introducing transport reforms that do more harm than good. Misplaced priorities have led to heavy investment in flyovers and underpasses that serve less than 10% of the population, while the majority of c

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