Assessment Of The Addis Ababa Light Railway Transit Project Success: The Users Perspective
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2017-06-16
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to assess the Addis Ababa Light Railway Transit Project Success
from the users‟ perspective in the line of East-West Light Railway Transit, Due to this plan;
people are forced to use only Stations and Squares to cross, as a result of this problems like high
number of pedestrians flow on stations, high traffic congestion in station areas, and high fuel
consumption are pervasive. The objectives of this research are to assess the challenges that
pedestrians and drivers are facing and to assess the stakeholders‟ involvement in the project
planning and implementation. To attain those objectives of the study; the researcher used
descriptive research designs. The universes of study were Drivers and Pedestrians and sample
sizes for pedestrians were 97. The researcher used probability sampling technique to select 97
pedestrians on the selected stations which was Simple random sampling and convenient
sampling to select a representative from the railway corporation and to select an expert. In
addition to that the researcher used three different kinds of data gathering tools which were
Questionnaire, Interview, and Document Analysis. The result of the study was that, the design
plan of the railway was adapted from Chain, the pedestrians and drivers are facing a challenge,
safeties of pedestrians were not considered during the project plan, most pedestrian don‟t feel
safety when crossing, more CO2were released to the environment due to congestion near stations
and the involvement of stakeholders were not sufficient, In addition to that thought the society
were affected by the project implementation they were not considered as a stakeholder.
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Joint Project Planning, Attendees, Society Involvement