On the formation of a multimodal transport network in Ethiopia.

The article examines the importance of transport for the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, characterizes the existing state of the main types of land transport: road and rail. Using the methodology of designing the integrated development of a multimodal transport network, the authors identified external and internal factors influencing the formation of variants of the multimodal transport network scheme. Having studied the territorial location of Ethiopia's industrial parks, possible directions of multimodal transport corridors, existing, under construction and promising rail and road transport facilities, established points of departure and reception (repayment) of traffic flows and developed a variant of the scheme of the multimodal transport network of Ethiopia. This scheme is the basis for the formation of a variety of possible strategies for stage-by-stage changes in the appearance and capacity of multimodal transport network facilities and the calculation of options for the required cargo and passenger flows along the multimodal transport corridors of Ethiopia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]