Artist Abeba Desalegn's current life

rrently, Addis Ababa has no mass transit system. However, the city is served by mini-bus taxis and Anbessa bus services. These services cover the city fairly well and equitably. The city is developing three new mass transport lines – one BRT and two LRT lines. These lines will have limited geographic coverage. The Public Service Employees Transport Service Enterprise provides free transport to civil servants and runs before and after office hours. Redundant The transport system does not currently meet demand without substantial delays and variability of travel time. Most of this is associated with artificial capacity constraints created by poor management and enforcement practices, rather than physical capacity constraints. More quantitative assessment is required to determine when traffic growth will overtake current capacity. The transport mode is predominantly vehicular transport although there are three new mass transport lines being planned – one BRT and two LRT lines, which will offer alternative modes. However, these lines will have limited geographic coverage. While public transport is available, it is often unaffordable by the poorer section of the population. No alternative commute strategies are in place at present in the event of an emergency, and if one mode has been impaired, the system does not have the flexibility for the demand to be absorbed by other modes. For freight, a key access point to the city is from the south, Modjo, which is also the main arterial toward Djibouti. Capacity has been expanded recently with the creation of the Addis-Adama expressway, which terminates on the outskirts of the city, putting major stress on the existing radial route. An outer ring road and rail line are under construction, which should relieve the existing r