Motivations for motorcycle use for Urban travel in Latin America: A qualitative study
| Autor: | Johanna Burbano Valente, Carlos Felipe Pardo, Jonas Xaver Hagen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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050210 logistics & transportation
medicine.medical_specialty Latin Americans business.industry Public health 05 social sciences Geography Planning and Development 0211 other engineering and technologies Vulnerability 021107 urban & regional planning Transportation Advertising 02 engineering and technology Focus group Public transport 0502 economics and business medicine TRIPS architecture Business Marketing Mode choice Qualitative research |
| Zdroj: | Transport Policy. 49:93-104 |
| ISSN: | 0967-070X |
| Popis: | 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, Bogota (Colombia), Sao 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. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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