Opportunities and Challenges of Urban Public Transportation System in the case of Anbessa City Bus Service Enterprise in Addis Ababa
| dc.contributor.advisor | Paul, Issac(PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Girma, Mulugeta | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-08-09T10:57:05Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-18T09:24:54Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-08-09T10:57:05Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-18T09:24:54Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2011-07 | |
| dc.description.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. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/12345678/11454 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa Univerisity | en_US |
| dc.subject | Public Transportation System | en_US |
| dc.title | Opportunities and Challenges of Urban Public Transportation System in the case of Anbessa City Bus Service Enterprise in Addis Ababa | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |