Opportunities and Challenges of Urban Public Transportation System in the case of Anbessa City Bus Service Enterprise in Addis Ababa
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2011-07
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Addis Ababa Univerisity
Abstract
This study accesses the opportu ni ties and challenges of urban public transportation system in the
case of Anbessa city buses in Addis Ababa .The study was cond ucted on ACBSE since it is the
on ly publ ic transport service provider with a specific route of travel and governed by the
state.The study has la llowed a case study app roach so as to get detail ed and diverse information
on the enterprise. 80th primary and secondary so urces were used in gathering data for the study.
Sources of primary data incl udcs Qucstionnairc for Anbessa city buses usc rs , Semi-structurcd
inte rvicw with oflic ials of ACBSE and AATA , Focus Group Discussion and personal
observat ion .Seeondary data so urces were published and un publi shed materials, journals, art icles
and bulletin prepared by ACBSE and other concerned bodies. Besides the study employed
systematic and random sampling methods to se lect the number of ro utes and sample respondents
(use rs) from each se lected ro utes, respecti vely. Purposive sampling was a lso used to se lect key
informants for discussion while conducting inte rview and FGD .The study resu lts indicate that
role connict in the enterpri se, di sposal of scrap ve hicles and obsolete spare parts, high staff
turnover , low Ileet re liabil ity, poor in frastructure and fac ili ties , lack of public transport pol icy ,
lack of appro priate regulation and enfo rcement ,over loading of buses beyond its capacity and
long duration o f buses at the garage due to shortage of spare parts were the major chall enges that
hinder smooth ii.metioning of the enterprise in delivering publi c transport serv ices in the city.
Even if there were constra ints related to the above mentioned challenges, Anbessa has also some
opportuni ties in public transportation system. Some of th e opportu nities were on passengers
transported , transport cost , congestion , road sa fety, environmental pollution , bus network and
it also provides the fo llowing services to thc society: contract transport service , adverti sement ,
mobil e crane service, schoo l bus se rvice and techni cal services. I' ina ll y, based on the res ults of
the study the enterpri se should improve the level services by so lving the above mentioned
problems in colla bo ration with the government and other concern ed bodies. Furthermore, the
Government should give great attention to the enterpri se to improve publ ic transport services in
the city especially by ta king advantages of the opportuniti es that mentioned in the above.
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Public Transportation System