[sustran] A study on motorcycle-based motorization and traffic flow in Hanoi city

[Eric.britton]

In our new and very modest "beginning system" discussion space that you
will see as the last line on the left menu of http://www.newmobility.org
- a space which as you will recall has spun directly out of our
exchanges and shared concerns here - you will see that we have added a
'latest news' link, which this morning spit out the following
interesting piece (see
http://library.witpress.com/pdfs/abstracts/AIR05/AIR05059AU.pdf for
more). 

 

 

A study on motorcycle-based motorization and traffic flow in Hanoi city:

toward urban air quality management

T. Shimizu, A. T. Vu & H. M. Nguyen

Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Japan

Abstract

Rapid motorcycle-based motorization due to the economic growth presents

severe environmental issues in Hanoi city, Vietnam. This paper discusses
the

required policies and scientific research needed to move towards urban
air

quality management in Hanoi. The effect of the taxation system, the
demand

shift from motorcycle to bus, and signal systems that are easily
implemented in

the short term on the urban air quality are analyzed. The motorcycle
taxation

system has little effect on the regulation of the growth of ownership.

Improvement of the bus service level does not lead to a great increase
of bus

share. The signal system cannot make the traffic flow more environment
friendly.

Therefore, the measures for decreasing emission factors by

technological approaches such as inspection systems and attachment of a
catalyst

should be implemented urgently as well as the improvement of the signal
system

in Hanoi.

Keywords: motorcycle penetration, modal shift, motorcycle traffic flow,
air

quality management.

 

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