Apr 15 , 2024.
A road sign around Zewditu leans into the main road as if desperately reaching to remind passers of road safety. The Addis Abeba Transport Bureau has recently started to issue tickets to transgressing pedestrians in a last-ditch effort to reign in traffic accidents. The recent nine-month performance review by the capital's transport bureau revealed that around 286 people have died, with the majority being working-age young men. Massive digitization of the road infrastructure has been underway for the past four years, with a smart traffic management centre around Megenagna and self-regulating traffic lights in condensed areas, which has not yet materialized.
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