Federal Road Transport Authority (Ethiopia)

   Transport is a critical factor of development. It is a means of success to employment, health care and education both in rural and urban areas. When it is compared with other modes of transport road transport remains the dominant one. It plays a key role by transporting imported and exported goods. The  road transport sector is administered and controlled by the Federal Road Transport Authority and by The Regional Transport Bureaus.

         The Federal Road Transport Authority has its head office in Addis Ababa near Legahar. It has the Drivers and Mechanics Training Center in Kaliti, vehicle maintenance service in the former Ethos Campus. In Megenagna it has a branch office which determines the vehicle weight and size, number of passengers and load of vehicles using the road. It has also an office  in Addis Ababa Bus Terminal to determine and ensure the provision of passenger transport services. Its check point in Mille is establish for facilitation of the Djibouti corridor transport . Outside Ethiopia is has a branch office in Djibouti  to give support for import and export goods transportation.

 RTA collects and compiles information and data relating to road transport. Among all it has established a national data base center to collect data about vehicles and drivers. To promote an efficient economical and equitable road transport services the following directives have been prepared and issued in the year 2004.

1.    Directives relating to the persons and enterprises engaged in the instruction of motor vehicles operation and handling.

2.    It has issued model statues for public commercial road transport associations.

3.    Directives relating to the certification of the technical competence, licensing and grading of          garages engaged in the repair and maintenance of vehicles.

     The following organizations are directly or indirectly part of the transport sector.

Name of organization and their address who are directly or indirectly part of the transport sector;

         The following are directly and indirectly part of the transport sector organization.