[sustran] Motivations for motorcycle use for Urban travel in Latin America: A qualitative study

[Carlosfelipe Pardo]

Motivations for motorcycle use for Urban travel in Latin America: A
qualitative study

   - Jonas Xaver Hagen
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   ,
   <http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0967070X16302049#cor1>
   ,  <jh3301 at columbia.edu>,
   - CarlosFelipe Pardo
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   ,  <pardo at despacio.org>,
   - Johanna Burbano Valente
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   ,  <jburbano at javeriana.edu.co>

doi:10.1016/j.tranpol.2016.04.010
<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2016.04.010>
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Highlights

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We carried out interviews and focus groups with urban motorcycle transport
users.
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Motorcycles offered participants important time and cost advantages.
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Participants recognized the high risk of traffic injury and other health
issues.
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The research revealed important social aspects of motorcycle use.
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Policy implications include the need to improve public transportation.

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Abstract

Motorcycle use for utilitarian trips in Latin American cities has grown
significantly in recent years. The researchers used qualitative methods to
understand the motivations of motorcycle users that might contribute to
this growth in six cities: Barranquilla, Bogotá (Colombia), São Paulo,
Recife (Brazil), Caracas (Venezuela), and Buenos Aires (Argentina).
Researchers used semi-structured interviews and focus groups to gather data
from six categories of motorcycle users: motorcycle taxi drivers,
motorcycle taxi users, motorcyclists for delivery, motorcyclists for
private use, owners in the process of selling their motorcycles, and
potential motorcyclists (those seeking to buy motorcycles). Common themes
emerged across the six cities, including the time advantage that
motorcycles offered versus deficient public transportation and congested
auto traffic, the low cost of motorcycles versus other transport modes, the
vulnerability of motorcyclists to traffic injury and death, and cultural
aspects of motorcycle use. Policy implications include the need to make
motorcycle travel safer and improve public transportation in Latin American
cities.
Keywords

   - Latin America;
   - Public health;
   - Motorcycles;
   - Motorcycle taxi;
   - Motorcycle delivery;
   - Qualitative method


   - Full article: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2016.04.010