Assessment of New (Bus Route) Road Accessibility for Public Transportation Using GIS in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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2025-03
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Addis Ababa University
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Public transport is one of the social facilities since moving from place to place is vital. The transport sector plays an essential role in the country's overall movement, the people and goods mainly depend on transport, and providing adequate and proper public bus service is vital in a town like Addis Ababa. It isn't easy to find suitable routes for new transport infrastructure. Still, there are routes available to be used, notwithstanding the Addis Ababa City Bus Service Enterprise (AACBSE) did not access these new routes as part of the schedules from origin to destination. The objective of this paper is to locate new bus stop areas for the new roads that were not accessible by the public transport service. This paper emphasizes showing these available bus stop areas to be used as part of the AACBSE schedule. This thesis uses Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for spatial analysis by managing data spatially to assess existing accessibility. This study's parameters to evaluate the accessibility index are road density, population served, and a 400-meter Bus Stop buffer. Out of 21 roads constructed since 2020, six roads are not accessible by public transport and not suitable areas for a new bus stop. It is highly recommended that the remaining fifteen roads are not accessible by public transportation and are suitable bus stop areas be used by AACBSE where the new roads will increase accessibility for public users. AACBSE where the new roads will increase accessibility for public users.
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Road Accessibility, GIS, Suitability, Bus stop station