[sustran] Re: Motorcycles in the world

[Su-Lin Chee]

Dear Hien Nguyen,
I can't give you any hard statistics but certainly, in Malaysia, 
motorcycles are plenty, in cities as well as villages, and they are 
the main source of transport for those in the lower-income bracket, 
rather than public transport. In the city, besides being cheap, they 
are also able to avoid traffic jams by going in between cars and other 
vehicles. However, they are the main victims involved in road 
accidents. Hope this helps.

Best wishes,

Su-Lin Chee

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> Dear colleagues,
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> I am doing a study on the motorcycles traffic. As far as I know that 
motorcycles are domonated in traffic streams in many countries such as 
Taiwan or Vietnam. I also leant that the number of motorcycles is 
increasing in other countries, like India or Indonesia. In some 
developed cities in Greece or Italy, the proportion of motorcycles in 
traffic flows is quite high as well.
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> 1. Do you have any reference/material saying the number/proportion 
of motorcycles, and more importantly, a prediction on the growth of 
this type of vehicles in the above countries/region? I have read some 
papers in EASTS and TRB but they look not to satisfy my question.
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> 2. Do you know any other country/area in the world that has high 
motorcycle ownership?
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> Thanks very much for your help.
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> Best regards,
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> Hien Nguyen
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> ITS, Leeds, UK
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