The Major Roles Of Long Distance Bus Transport In Developing Countries With Emphasis On Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

• Authors: Fekadu Kassa
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This article presents the major roles of long distance bus transport that radiates from Addis Ababa to the hinterland. The purpose is to assess and identify the major roles of Long Distance Bus Transport in Addis Ababa. The methodology is focused on both primary and secondary sources. The primary informants, who were principally distinguished from the passengers, operators, and key government officials from the transport office, include the head of bus terminal and Association, and selected experts. In terms of analysis, the qualitative approach was used by applying a thick description of the issue. The findings revealed that the availability of towns comes mainly because of the routes which give access and distribution of road passenger transport. The LDB (Long Distance Bus) along the line has played a great role in the making of metropolitan linkage. The presence of these routes contributes more to the rise of urbanization and it has also played a role in the creation of towns and rural areas found around certain radius at the two sides of highways. Thus, it has a high probability for the expansion of urban sprawl and formation of conurbation in the future. The prescription for this study is to work with stakeholders to reduce the congestion of passengers in the terminals and the association also should serve the society 24/7 or 18/7.

Keywords

EN

Long Distance Bus dispatch; Metropolitan linkage; hinterland; Industry

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: International Journal of Area Studies
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 10
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 25-41

Dates

published

2015-03-01

online

2015-05-15

Contributors

author

Fekadu Kassa

• ARBA MINCH UNIVERSITY

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/ijas-2015-0002