Ethiopia: City Transport Systems Crumbling

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One dimension of Addis Abeba seems to become increasingly similar with the Indian city of Mumbaiand the Nigerian city of Lagos, and it is the public transport system. The system that was once the hallmark of the City's modernisation is seemingly turning to be the face of its embarrassment.

The stripes of red and yellow along with the blue and white colours that the public transport service providers of the City employ to identify themselves with are slowly but surely being associated with discomfort, abuse, risk and inefficiency.

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