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    TIME AND DISTANCE OF COMMUTING TO AND FROM BOLE LEMI-I INDUSTRIAL PARK
    (EiABC, 2019-06) GEBREYOHANNES KIDANE, HEAVEN; Mintesnot Woldeamanuel (PhD)
    In different parts of the Ethiopia, industrial park workers are required to commute long distance to and from workplaces. Commuting is daily routine between home and work. More specifically, Focusing on the experience of workers commuting to and from Bole Lemi Industrial Park, the study argues that due to longer commuting time occasioned because of poor coordination between industrial sector development and transportation planning in Addis Ababa, serious health related impacts have occurred on employees. The research applied quantitative and qualitative data collected from primary data source and secondary data source. And software’s like Ms Word, Ms Excel, SPSS and GIS has helped into interpreting the raw data into useful information.The study found that Bole Lemi-I Industrial Park workers commute from all-over Addis Ababa and special Oromiya zones. Also relative to worker commuters around the Park those who travel form distance to and from work are exposed to higher level of health, economic and social impact in comparison to those who commute shorter distance. It also concluded that long distance commuting is directly linked to behavioral change, which in turn impacts the level of satisfaction of employees and their individual productivity. The key actors for design and implementation of integrated city planning and industrial development continue in their failure to work together. The resultant effects are self evident; it is not simply about the commuting paradox, it as well creates negative mark on future development and sustainability of industrial parks in Addis Ababa. For all this reasons in the longer term, the city should implement a mechanism that foresees all these matters at a planning level – before any implementation kicks off.