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Similarities Between Ethiopia And The United States

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Transportation system in Ethiopia and The United State The transportation of people, goods, and information is one of the crucial matters in the lives of human beings. Both developing and developed countries measure their development in respect to the reliability of their transportation, its safety, coverage, availability and the technologies used. The Ethiopian transportation system uses some of the United State transportation systems and technologies. However, the U.S. and Ethiopia transportation systems have very huge differences in terms of accessibility, technology, coverage, type and cost. The transportation system purpose in both the U.S. and Ethiopia is the same, to provide fast, economical, safe, affordable and environmental sound …show more content…

The other similarity is also the fact that both countries are greatly dependent on public transportation systems. Some of the modern technologies used for transport like cars, busses and modern planes are used in both countries, though not in the same scale. The transportation systems in Ethiopia is mostly public, it is very poor and is limited in its coverage and availability. There are no marine and rail transport systems in Ethiopia. Even though it is not affordable and accessible to many local Ethiopian people, according to the Ministry of Transport of Ethiopia (2015), the aviation …show more content…

In Ethiopia, taxis are mostly vans capable of carrying up to twelve passenger customers who pay a fixed rate to get to their destinations. The taxies have conductors and this assistant called “woyala” who collect fares. The fares are paid only in cash because there is no electronic payment system. The conductor calls out the names of the places on the way to the stops and final destination. There are no signs, so the passengers have to listen to the conductor calling out the locations. On the contrary, in the United States, taxies are mostly small and gave the customer privet ride to a specific destination. Fees are paid based on the distance driven, and electronic payment is also available for convenience purposes. Because of road unavailability and unaffordability of cars for local people, the taxi system in Ethiopia is also limited to very few cities unlike the United

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