Exploring the Challenges of Large Bus and Minibus that Passengers Face in Gambella Region: The Case of Makuey, Wanthowa and Hang Special Woreda
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Date
2016-06
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AAU
Abstract
This comprehensive study on the challenges bus passengers face in Gambella will create good
work environment for Gambella transport authorities by providing th
em with
new
and valuable
inform
ation to help them better understand the chall
enges bus
passe
nge
rs face.
T
he study
objectives were to describe the affordability, acceptability of bus tr
a
n
s
p
ort se
r
v
ices and to
explore the availability and accessibility of bus transport service as well as to investi ga
te the
challenges bus passengers face. The researcher had used qualitative approach with case
study
met
h
odology and cross-sectional study design. The finding of the study
show
ed th
at th
e
re
is a
huge demand of improvement on bus transit system in the three selected woredas. Wh
en I
a
nalyzed the point of views of bus passengers, views of transport authorities
and cases, the study
exposed that the current status of bus transport service in Wanthowa, Makuey
and
Hang
s
pec ial
W
o
r
eda dem
ands huge improvement. Large buses and minibuses
a
re ove
r
c
rowde
d;
pas
s
e
nge
rs
, I pay unauthorized transit price and pay illegal tax to police, special force
and militi as at J
I
I ch
eckpoint
s. Besides, there are no waiting shelters and toilet rooms at bus s
t
ations and th
e
re
is
I
poor traffic management. Not only this, wuyallas
/p0\1ers use to abuse bus passengers at bus stop
or bus
s
t
ation at any time of a day. To improve bus transport services provision, I had provided
pr
actical recommendations. I believed that when the recommended strategies are effectively
impl
emented, there would be effective bus transit system in the region,
p
articul ar
ly, Wanthowa,
M
akuey and Itang Special Woreda.