Practice, Challenges and Prospects of Traffic Management: In the case Dire Dawa Ethiopia

The study attempts to assess the challenges and Prospects Traffic Management In Dire Dawa Administration, Ethiopia. . In this regard both primary and secondary data were collected from sample respondents of Transport Bureau and Traffic Police Office which were gathered through semi structured questionnaire and interview. The objectives of the study are evaluate the existing traffic management Practice, identify the factors that affect traffic management practices and prospects of traffic management in Dire Dawa. The cross sectional data collected from 120 randomly selected respondents analyzed using descriptive, qualitatively and Econometric model Binary logit. From descriptive statistics results the mean and standard deviation of level of traffic management practices were (mean=2.97 ), (SD=1.35 ) for transport Bureau and (mean 3.40,) (SD= 0.46 ) for traffic police office indicates that respondents at moderate level agreement on their organization and the city government efforts made to facilitate the traffic management practices in Dire Dawa. From interview with key informants the study find out that efforts made by city government, transport Bureau and traffic police office are not adequate as traffic accidents in city increase from year to year in city. Moreover, the major traffic problems of the city are Traffic accidents; congestion, environmental, and parking problem are some of the factors. From a binary logistic regression estimate the out nine variables entered in to the model five variable s affect the city traffic management practices, These variables include , road condition, enforcement measures, drivers condition, traffic rule violation and inadequate safety consideration of road were the factors affecting Traffic management practices of the city. Finally the study recommended that the Transport Bureau, the traffic Police office need improve the city Traffic management challenges to reduce the city traffic problems.