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Title:

Motorcycle Use and Mode Choice in Hanoi, Vietnam

Accession Number:

01555632

Record Type:

Component

Availability:

Transportation Research Board Business Office

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Abstract:

Motor vehicle ownership in developing countries in Asia has been rising rapidly. In Vietnam, the path has been a dramatic rise in the ownership of motorcycles and cars. Between 2006 and 2011, the number of registered cars in Hanoi rose by 179 percent to 235,000 while the number of motorcycles rose by 85 percent to 4.0 million units. Such growth presents major challenges for city and national officials. The current paper reports on early findings of a research study to identify the factors that drive modal shift to and from motos (2-wheel vehicles) for different segments of the urban transport market in Hanoi as a means to support government efforts to promote transit and also to slow a shift from motos to cars. They study undertook major traffic surveys and surveys of traveler choice, including stated preference surveys, in the second quarter of 2014. Discrete choice model estimation by a number of socio-demographic and trip-making characteristics will be established in the future. Initial key findings from the surveys are the dominance of motorcycles in traffic movement, the low rate of helmet wearing for children on motorcycles, the high frequency in which respondents are involved in accidents, safety concerns having a major influence in decisions to purchase and use vehicles, a greater level of concern for vehicle and fuel costs with regard to the purchase of motorcycles, scooters and bicycles than car, and concerns regarding personal security, travel time, reliability, flexibility and personal space in the case of bus use.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ABE90 Transportation in the Developing Countries.

Monograph Accession #:

01550057

Report/Paper Numbers:

15-1674

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Bray, David J
Patella, Dominic
Holyoak, Nicholas
Tuan, Vu Anh
Tran, Minh Huu

Pagination:

11p

Publication Date:

2015

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 94th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2015-1-11 to 2015-1-15
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Photos; References (10) ; Tables

Geographic Terms:

Hanoi (Vietnam)

Subject Areas:

Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning; I90: Vehicles

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2015 Paper #15-1674

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Dec 30 2014 12:37PM