Private Motorcycles Research Articles

Consumer Protection for Traffic Accident Victims Due to a collision with an online motorcycle taxi that violates

In the era of globalization, the number of private vehicles is increasingly two-wheeled. Hit-and-run traffic violations in Gelora Karno, Central Jakarta Polrestabes area between scooters against and private motorcycles and traffic accidents between online motorcycle taxis that go against the flow and private motorcycles. This study aims to determine consumer safety standards against traffic accidents caused by online motorcycle taxi drivers. The legal research method that the author uses is empirical juridical, the method is carried out by examining the law or from facts that are actually obtained from the field in the form of information, characteristics and effectiveness. The results of the study concluded that Law Number 8 of 1999 concerning Consumer Protection and Law Number 22 of 2009 concerning Road Traffic and Transportation are regulations that regulate motorists when driving on the highway, through consumer protection efforts and driver legal responsibility designed to reduce the number of traffic violations by conducting frequent socialization and routine patrols every day in the field. The driver is liable based on the category of misdemeanor, moderate or severe against applicable law. Consumer protection is given to victims so that they do not experience trauma and are healthy again.

Exploring Sustainable Public Transport System for the Provision of Quality Education Services in Public Universities: A Situational Analysis

This study was conducted to explore the experience of university community regarding the use of available public transport in public universities in Tanzania. The study intended to explore the common transport systems used within the public universities; the risks and challenges of using the available transport systems in execution of day-to-day core functions of the university; and lastly, the effective and efficient transport systems in promoting the teaching and learning process in public universities. A cross-sectional survey design with mixed research approaches was employed. Probability and non-probability sampling techniques were used to get a total sample of 125 respondents from public universities in Tanzania. Data were collected by using self-administered semi-structured questionnaires and in-depth interview. The findings revealed that common transport systems used within the campuses included motorcycle hire, commuter buses, walking, bicycle hire, private bicycle, private motorcycle, university buses, bajaji (rickshaws) hire, and taxi cabs. Moreover, the study revealed that the risks and challenges of using the current transport system within the university campuses included time consuming, costly, and getting late to classes, accident, tiredness, and theft. Furthermore, the study revealed that the effective and efficient transport system within university campuses included the commuter buses, motorcycle hire, private motorcycle, walking, and private cars. The study recommends establishing an internal transportation pool which will be able to offer sustainable, reliable, effective and efficient transportation means within the university. Understanding the campus impediments may help universities design more attractive and useful transport facilities. The current study will inform the university management about the need to promote bicycling and walking which are ecological friendly; improve social interactions; as well as spur physical well-being among the students, staff and university community.

Does the bus rapid transit reduce motorcycle use? Evidence from the Jakarta metropolitan area, Indonesia

Countries of lower average income, higher population density, and higher level of urbanization tend to have higher motorcycle ownership levels. Motorcycles bring safety and environmental challenges to Global South cities. The Jakarta metropolitan area in Indonesia adopted bus rapid transit (BRT) in 2004, but motorcycle ownership growth continued since. This empirical study examines what predicted motorcycle use in 2018, fourteen years after the opening of the BRT system TransJakarta, with particular attention paid to the potential impacts of the BRT on motorcycle use. It contributes to the understanding of high-capacity transit’s impacts on motorcycle travel in a Global South context. It tested literature review-based hypotheses with multinomial logit and left-censored tobit models predicting mode choice among motorcycle-based and bus-based modes as well as trip distance of motorcycle-based modes. The main dataset analyzed in this research contains 4,978 commuting-to-the-office first-leg trips. Model results suggested: proximity to the BRT is associated with office commute mode choice preference of the BRT over both motorcycle-based modes controlling for poverty rate, population density, and trip distance, and the effect is stronger on private motorcycles; similarly, proximity to the BRT is associated with reduced office commute trip distance in trips made by both motorcycle-based modes controlling for poverty rate and population density, and the effect is stronger on private motorcycles; village-level poverty rate is positively associated, and village-level population density is negatively associated, with private motorcycle trip distance. Such findings are generally in line with the literature. As the modal share of BRT is still low, transport policies in motorcycle-stressed cities with BRT could promote transit ridership by raising the relative costs of using private motorcycles such as parking costs, reducing the relative travel time of the BRT by increasing frequency and speeds, and improving the user-friendliness of first mile and last-mile trips connecting the BRT.

Why Do Students Choose Buses over Private Motorcycles and Motorcycle-Based Ride-Sourcing? A Hybrid Choice Approach

Improving public transport (PT) services is critical to maintaining resilient and sustainable transportation. While the investment in PT (i.e., buses) has not been able to shift private vehicle users, especially motorcyclists, to buses, the emergence of motorcycle-based ride-sourcing (MBRS) has become a popular travel mode that threatens the existing bus demand. Due to this, this study aimed to investigate the factors affecting the choice of buses over private motorcycles and MBRS among high school and university students in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, through the hybrid choice model. The explored variables include sociodemographic characteristics, travel time, travel cost, and latent variables of travel mode perceptions. By involving 527 respondents, the analysis showed that travel time, travel cost, and sociodemographic factors, including education level, income, and motorcycle ownership, significantly impacted travel mode choices. The findings also revealed that convenience causes buses to be the chosen transport means among students, while lifestyle generates students to choose MBRS services. Based on findings, this study proposed some policies to increase bus demand, especially related to the identified convenience factors and travel time.

Analysis Study of Current Transportation Status in Vietnam’s Urban Traffic and the Transition to Electric Two-Wheelers Mobility

In Vietnam’s major urban areas, private motorcycles are the main means of transportation that are suitable for socio-economic conditions, current transport infrastructure, and people’s habits. However, in recent years, the negative effects of a large number and high density of motorcycles in urban areas such as traffic congestion and noise and air pollution have resulted in a gradual change in the public’s opinion of private vehicle adoption, especially motorcycles. The public has also urged the authorities to issue policies of limiting or curving the growth in the number of private vehicles powered by fossil fuels in big cities. However, in order to achieve the goal, other alternative means of transport should be proposed to encourage people to move to a more sustainable and eco-friendly form of mobility. The alternatives also should be consistent with the average income level as well as social characteristics. In recent years, along with the development of a highly connected public transport network, efficient and less-polluting vehicles including electric two-wheelers have been emerging, thriving, and drawing more attraction from Vietnamese people and policy makers. The spread in the number of electric two-wheelers in Vietnam’s major cities may be a sign of the transition to a more sustainable and less-polluting means of transport as an alternative to gasoline-powered motorcycles. In this paper, the authors aim to analyze the current road traffic status in Vietnam’s major cities, as well as shed a light on the transition to the greener and more efficient alternative vehicles to motorcycles in Vietnam’s urban traffic. Several recommendations for encouraging this vehicle type development are also important outcomes of this paper.

How the Poor Commute in Bangkok, Thailand

This study examined how the poor traveled to work in Bangkok, Thailand. Two sets of travel surveys were conducted in groups categorized as low income: residents in low-income communities and low-paid workers in various job locations. The results confirmed the general understanding that travel behaviors of the poor depended not only on income but also on public transport availability, job location, and home community location. Suburban residents with limited public transport services tended to travel by private motorcycles and to spend a large portion of household transport expenditures on vehicle and fuel costs. Others who lived near public transport services depended more on public transport and spent a larger share of transport expenditures on fares. No significant difference in household transport expenditures between the two groups was found. The travel survey by occupation revealed that privately owned motorcycles were the most popular mode, followed by employer-provided transport and public buses. Informal modes constituted a small share because of the relatively high fares. The average commute costs of informal modes were higher than the average cost of public buses and were closer to the average cost of private motorcycles. Male commuters were more dependent on private motorcycles and less on public transport than female commuters. With age, dependence on private motorcycles increased and dependence on public transport decreased. Average commute times did not vary significantly among occupational groups. These results highlighted the importance of low-cost public transport to vulnerable subgroups of the urban poor.