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The term ‘Powered Two Wheelers (PTWers)’ refers a range of two or three wheel vehicles including mopeds, scooters and motorcycles. Relatively little research attention has been directed at understanding underlying reasons of choosing to ride a PTW instead of other modes of transport particularly in the context of utilitarian rather than recreational travel. In the state of Victoria in Australia, persons wishing to ride Powered-Two (or Three)-Wheel (PTW) vehicles must first complete a theory and practical test to obtain a learner’s permit before being eligible start riding (solo) on a PTW. This paper seeks to enhance understanding about the characteristics and motivations of learner riders. Registration and licencing data is used to identify trends in the number of people securing learners permits as well as the characteristics of those individuals in terms of age, gender and residential location. To complement that quantitative data, insight is also obtained from focus groups that examined the motivations of individuals who have recently obtained their licence. And finally the authors used the theory of planned behaviour to understand the conceptual framework of preference to use a PTW compared to other modes of transport by some people.

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ANF30 Motorcycles and Mopeds. Alternate title: Characteristics and Motivations of Learner Riders of Powered Two-Wheelers in Victoria, Australia

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14-2580

English

15p

2014

Transportation Research Board 93rd Annual Meeting

Digital/other

Figures; References; Tables

Age groups; Driver licenses; Focus groups; Gender; Learning; Motivation; Motorcycles; Motorcyclists; Permits; Recently qualified drivers; Residential location; Scooters

Victoria (Australia)

Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2014 Paper #14-2580

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Jan 27 2014 2:53PM