[sustran] Re: regarding thesis topic HCMC

Craig Johnson Craig.Johnson at edaw.com
Thu Dec 28 13:59:55 JST 2006


Dung,
I have read the transportation masterplan for Hanoi and HCMC. 
Unfortunately, despite the huge percentage of motorbikes in the
streets. Neither of the plans adequately address motorbike
transportation that is so prevalent in Vietnamese cities. Nor do these
plans address the unique physical planning, mobility, labor, and
environmental and parking, and modernization issues surrounding
transportation primarily centered on motorbikes.  

Instead, these plans take a more traditional masterplan approach;
analyzing existing conditions and offering recommendations for 
transportation planning based mostly on 4-wheel transit and pubic
transit.
Most of the recommendation tend to be heavily based on infrastructure
improvement that only cursorily take into account two-wheel
transportation. 
These plans take for granted the increase in 4-wheel transportation and
advocate new ringroads, intersection improvements, Bus Rapid Transit
Corridors, and widening of key arterial roads... all solutions that have
fail to take into account the unique dynamics of motorbike
transportation.

For your thesis, it might be interesting to critique these plans and
offer an alternative plan that better addresses the unique
transportation dynamics involved with motorbike transportation. 

Many of the unique transportation dynamics of motorbikes have had
substantial discussion on SUSTRAN: motorbike taxis, air pollution,
motorbike safety, economic value of motorbike transportation,
modernization to cars, ped/motorbike conflict etc. 

 I have published a paper titled "Streetwise Sustainability:A Two Wheel
Alternative to balance Motorization and Streetlife". If you are
interested I can send you an e-copy.

All the best,
Craig Johnson


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