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MODELING THE IMPACT OF ON-STREET PARKING ON TRAFFIC FLOW CHARACTERISTICS IN MAJOR ROADS OF BAHIRDAR CITY, ETHIOPIA

Bedru, Abas (2020-03-11)

Level of motorization and travel demand in Bahirdar city is increasing rapidly with its population. Providing effective parking areas for the vehicles is a fundamental part of transportation. The road facilities in Bahirdar ...
IDENTIFICATION OF BARRIERS TO BICYCLING AND EVALUATION OF SUITABILITY OF SELECTED MAJOR CORRIDORS FOR BICYCLING IN BAHIR DAR CITY, ETHIOPIA

Getamesay, Abebe (2020-03-11)

Despite bicycling is fun, healthy, economical, efficient, and considered as one of a sustainable mode of transport, in Bahir Dar, the level of use of bicycle decreases time to time due to the existence of different barriers ...
EFFECT OF DIATOMACEOUS EARTH FILLERS ON CHARACTERSTICES OF HOT MIX ASPHALT

Tilahun, Abeje (2020-03-11)

Various studies have shown that the properties of mineral fillers have significant effect on the performance of asphalt concrete pavements. This study was intended to investigate the effect of different content of mineral ...
PASSENGER CAR UNIT ESTIMATION AND MODELING AT BAHIR DAR CITY SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS.

Mengistie, Dawit (2020-03-15)

Urban traffic flow in developing countries is heterogeneous in nature. As a result, it is necessary to convert heterogeneous traffic into a stream of homogenous traffic by using appropriate passenger car equivalents for ...
IDENTIFYING ROAD GEOMETRIC CHARACTERISTICS CONTRIBUTING TO ROAD CRASHES AND POSSIBLE COUNTER MEASURES THE CASE OF CHIFRA – MILLE – SEMERA - GALAFFI ROAD SEGMENT, ETHIOPIA

Mamo, Frezer (2020-03-15)

Rising of road traffic accidents is an increasing concern in Afar region. The purpose of this thesis is to investigate the major road geometric characteristics contributing to road traffic accidents and possible counters ...
INNOVATIVE SOFTWARE FOR FLEXIBLE PAVEMENT DESIGN, MAINTENANCE AND REHABILITATION

Firew, Haimanot (2020-03-15)

The design of thickness of the flexible pavement has taken the backbone place in determining the overall performance and providing high level of serviceability of the pavement structure for the heavy traffic loads under ...
EVALUATION OF THE EFFECT OF CRUSHED CATTLE BONE ON THE RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF ASPHALT BINDER

Fissiha, Hana (2020-03-15)

Several studies have been conducted with the purpose of searching materials which will modify bitumen resulting with good performance characteristics and permanent deformation resistance. In Ethiopia while one of the major ...
PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF MAJOR INTERSECTION IN DEBRE MARKOS CITY, ETHIOPIA

Achamyeleh, Mahlet (2020-03-15)

Road network is a very important aspect of transportation system as it connects even the smallest towns and cities. Intersections are very important part of this network and are to be designed properly so as to handle the ...
COMPARATIVE LIFE CYCLE COST ANALYSIS FOR GRAVEL AND PAVEMENT ROAD (CASE STUDY FOR GUMARA-KERSTOS-SEMERA ROAD PROJECT).

Setargie, Mesay (2020-03-15)

Road construction projects have been implemented all over Ethiopia as part of the national development plan. Roads are one of the country’s basic infrastructural facilities where a high amount of budget is allocated every ...
Assessment of Demand for High Capacity Public Buses in the case of Bahir Dar City, Ethiopia

Yizengaw, Mollalign (2020-03-15)

Reducing car use is a central topic in transport policy and research. One is the use of Mass Transport which services the public at a cheaper operating cost, with less amount of fuel, more safely and environmentally friendly ...
EVALUATION OF THE EFFECT OF RECYCLE WASTE PLASTIC BAGS (WPB) ON MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF HOT MIX ASPHALT MIXTURES

Assefa, Nakachew (2020-03-15)

Due to increasing of traffic volumes and loading repetitions in combination with an insufficient degree of maintenance, surface distress like potholes, raveling of asphalt surface and rutting has been observed on most of ...
PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS OF JUTE MODIFIED ASPHALT BINDERS AND HOT MIX ASPHALT MIXTURES

SISAY, YOHANNES (2020-03-16)

Modifying bitumen using fibers for superior performance is not a new phenomenon. The technique of fiber-reinforced bitumen began as early as 1950. Fiber reinforcement refers to incorporating materials with desired properties ...
Capacity and Traffic Performance of Unsignalized Intersections under Mixed Traffic Conditions in Gondar City, Ethiopia

Tesfaye, Yordanos (2020-03-16)

Unsignalized intersection is implemented to regulate low volume of traffic flow. The study will investigate some of the intersections in Gondar city which will be evaluated for the analysis due to receiving an appropriate ...
EXPERMENTAL EVALUATION OF ASPHALT MIXTURE CONTAINING WASTE PLASTIC

ENGIDASHET, BEFIKAD (2020-03-17)

Waste is considered to be one of the most important bases of sustainability in recycled way. Almost all the products, whether they are metal, concrete, plastic, wood, or even others, will eventually turn into wastes that ...
EVALUATION OF WASTE GLASS AS FILLER MATERIAL IN HOT MIX ASPHALT

Nigatu, Tesfahun (2020-03-17)

Recent improvement in the design of asphalt concrete, mostly in the upper layers of flexible pavements, contains almost an acceptable proportion of mineral fillers, which contributes to the mix cohesion, resistance to ...
EVALUATION OF HOT-MIX ASPHALT MIXTURES CONTAINING STEEL SLAG

Desalegn, Henok (2020-03-19)

This study deals with evaluation of steel slag utilization as filler material in hot mix asphalt. Steel Slag is generated as waste material or by-product from steel industries. According to large number of steel making ...
Pedestrian Gap Acceptance At Mid-Block Crosswalk Locations Of Road Crossings In Bahir Dar City, Ethiopia

Sewunet, Abebe (2020-02)

In Ethiopia there is low car ownership (2 cars to 1,000 people); so walking is the mode choice that has a lion share over other modes. While pedestrians move from place to place, there will be crossing somewhere across the ...
Road Traffic Crashes And Identification Of Black spots In Bahir Dar City Using Gis

Shume, Alemtsehay (2020-02)

Road transport is one of the widely used transportation systems and provides the highest proportion of transport services. However, the rapid development of road transportation has brought increased road traffic crashes ...
Evaluation of Traffic Congestion and Level of Service at Major Intersections In Bahir Dar City

Simachew, Andargachew (2019-12)

The growth of traffic congestion on many streets and highways is a major concern to traveler’s administrators, merchants, developers and the community at large. Its detrimental impacts in terms of longer journey times, ...
Evaluation of the Effect of Molasses on Performance of Bitumen and Asphalt Concrete Mixtures

Worku, Melese (2019-10)

Bitumen was modified in order to increase the performance and decrease the cost of bitumen or for both purposes. This paper presents the effect of molasses on performance of bitumen and asphalt concrete mixtures and ...

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