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AGENT BASED MODELLING AND SIMULATION FOR TRAFFIC FLOW ANALYSIS (A CASE STUDY OF SELECTED INTERSECTIONS IN BAHIRDAR CITY)

Mahlet, Beferdu Wochefo (2023-06)

AJIP and NOC intersections are located in Bahir Dar city which are labelled as intersection locations by which more frequent and severe RTCs occurred of the city. This thesis aims to introduce Agent ...
Analysis of Road Traffic Crashes and Identification of Black Spot Locations in Ethiopia (A Case Study: Woreta to Nefas Mewucha Road)

Bezawit, Belete (2024-02)

Road traffic crashes are fundamental problems being faced by societies that resulted in loss of life, injuries to human body and financial losses to the local and national economy. And caused by different factors related ...
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 ...
ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECTS OF STREET VENDORS ON ROADWAY MOBILITY (A Case Study of Bahir Dar)

Mesfin, Awoke (2020)

The benefits they provide for urban poor and getting a self-reliance job of street vendors were studied by different Scholars. But very little was done in quantifying their impact on-road performance in terms of different ...
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 ...
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 ...
DETERMINING EFFECTIVE POSITION OF GEOGRIDS UNDER DYNAMIC LOAD IN FLEXIBLE PAVEMENT USING 3D FINITE ELEMENT METHOD

Habtamu, Sayih (2023-09-20)

The use of geogrid reinforcements has received more attention recently as a means of extending pavement service life, ensuring excellent performance, and lowering service and maintenance costs. Rutting and ...
DEVELOPING WEB-BASED PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM: A CASE STUDY OF BAHIR DAR CITY

Fasikaw, Dires Tassew (2023-09-25)

Pavement management systems have proven to be an effective tool for managing large cities and metropolitan pavement networks, assisting decision-makers in finding optimum strategies for maintaining pavements. ...
Development of a Model for the Prediction of Road Crash Severity Using Artificial Neural Networks: A Case Study of Bahir Dar City

Atsedemariam, Adane Yirdaw (2023-12)

Among the most serious road safety problems is traffic crashes. Road traffic crashes are one of the leading causes of unnatural human deaths worldwide. Due to increasing traffic volume and mobility, road crashes have ...
Development of an Adjustment Factors for the Estimation of Equivalent Axle Load Factor in Flexible Pavement Design: (A case study)

KINDU, MOLLA TIRUNEHKINDU (2024-03)

For flexible pavement design Ethiopia uses the existing load equivalency factor method which was adopted from oversea road note 31and it was empirically derived using sub grade strain criteria. In this method only axle ...
Development of Gravel Road Maintenance Prioritization Model Using Analytical Hierarchy Process (A Case Study in Amhara Regional State Rural Roads)

Abera, Nitsuh Beiable (2024-02)

Failure to prioritize road maintenance can result in substantial economic losses and impede a country's development. Accordingly, timely maintenance is required, and it is crucial to establish maintenance criteria that ...
Driver Factors in the Causation of Road Crash in Gondar City

Henok, Hadgu Meshesha (2023-11-01)

This study investigates the main driver-related factors in road traffic crashes in Gondar city. It also shows the training, testing, and licensing systems. The essential data necessary for the study was collected from ...
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 ...
The Effect of Headlight Glare on Driving: The Case on the Bahir Dar - Gondar Road

Temesgen, worku (2023-07)

This thesis investigates the effect of headlight glare on driving Case on BahirDar to Gondar Road in Ethiopia. The study aims to examine the frequency and severity of headlight glare experienced by drivers, identify its ...
Estimstion and Modeling of Critical Gap for U-Turn Movement at Median Opening – A Case Study In Bahir Dar City

Melsew, Natnaile (2020-02)

Median openings are one of road features in urban road which are left intentionally for U-turn movement and their role play an important part on improving the capacity of the road specially the minor traffic stream. So ...
Evaluating the Performance of Flexible Pavement Structures Designed by ERA Manual for a Given Traffic Load Using Analytical Methods.

Fikresilassie, Worku Habte (2024-02)

The ERA 2013 flexible pavement design manual is primarily used for structural design of flexible pavements in Ethiopia. The manual uses a catalogue of pavement structures for given traffic load and subgrade soil class. The ...
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 ...
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 ...
EVALUATION OF THE EFFECT OF HUMAN HAIR WASTE ON THE RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF ASPHALT BINDER

Senayit, Assefa (2021-09-04)

Bitumen modification is an important solution to reduce the scarcity of bitumen and for improvement of overall properties and the performance of flexible pavements. In Ethiopia one of the major pavement distresses is ...
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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