The senior and working leaders of the authority visited the multi-level traffic control center ****************************** (T/MA/BA/July 08/ 2016 AD):- Chief officers of Addis Ababa Traffic Management Authority, branch office managers and directorate directors visited the modern traffic control center located at the junction. During the visit, the director general of the authority, Eto Kbewu Mideksa, led the group and explained the status of the multi-purpose modern traffic control center building built by the city administration to facilitate the city’s traffic flow with technology. The modern traffic control center located in Yeka sub-city district, eight intersection square, is located on an area of three thousand square meters and has four floors underground and includes offices, traffic control center, information organization rooms, crime and traffic accident prevention information offices, media rooms and green area. It has been known. According to the manager, the center will facilitate the flow of transportation in a modern way: solving security problems; It will be more energy for traffic police, traffic management coordinators and transport deployment and control experts. He also mentioned that by installing different cameras on the main roads and crossings, the data will be transmitted to the center and the situation can be controlled directly through the huge television screens installed in the center. The control center reads road traffic congestion and suggests alternative routes to drivers on the screen, which is expected to reduce the traffic congestion observed in the city, especially at the time of entry and exit from work. In addition, when there are various national and international events taking place in Addis Ababa city, the work of opening and closing roads for traffic and adjusting the duration of traffic lights according to the traffic flow can be directly controlled from the center, the leaders of the sector added.
