Assessing the effect of building parking facilities on traffic congestion in selected locations of Addis Ababa: In the case of ‘‘Mexico, Megenagna, and Merkato locations”.
| dc.contributor.advisor | Mahir Jibril (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Dawit Sisay | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-08-02T11:04:17Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-08-02T11:04:17Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024-10 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Ethiopia's capital city, Addis Ababa, is dealing with issues related to transportation,including a deficiency of public transportation, traffic caused by an imbalance between the number of cars in the city and the capacity of on-street parking, and scarcity of parkingspaces due to a lack of availability. This study aims to assess the effect of parking facilities within buildings on traffic congestion. Due to heavy reliance on street-side parking studyareas Megenagna, Mexico, and Merkato, were selected for the study. A descriptive and exploratory research design with cross-sectional study has been employed by the researcherto collect data from the targets at a single point of time. Primary data was acquired through interviews and questionnaires, where secondary data was collected from traffic managementagency, Addis Ababa Building Permit Bureau and related literatures. Expert sampling technique was employed for selecting the interviewee and stratified random sampling wasused for selecting the samples for the questionnaire. One hundred sixty-six (166) questionnaires were administered for 41 traffic management higher officers and buildingpermit officials,69 passengers and 56 drivers and an interview was conducted with the head of traffic management agency. Data analysis was performed using SPSS v27 software andMicrosoft Excel. The research indicates a shortage of parking spaces within buildings, primarily due to owners repurposing their buildings without legal repercussions. In order toaddress these issues, the transport and traffic management bureau should impose strict penalties on building owners who change the permitted use of their properties and there is aneed to re-evaluate and increase the total area allocated for parking within buildings Key Words: building parking facilities, traffic Congestion, on-street parking. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/5933 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | |
| dc.title | Assessing the effect of building parking facilities on traffic congestion in selected locations of Addis Ababa: In the case of ‘‘Mexico, Megenagna, and Merkato locations”. | |
| dc.type | Thesis |