Expert proposes tougher measures to limit motorbike use in HCMC

A traffic jam on the Hanoi Highway in HCMC, linking HCMC and Dong Nai Province, January 2022. Photo by VnExpress/Quynh Tran

HCMC would need tougher measures to limit the use of motorbikes, which are favored for their convenience, according to a transport expert.

Vu Anh Tuan, director of the Transport Development Study Center, Vietnamese-German University, on Wednesday said motorbikes are in demand due to their smaller sizes, capability to enter narrow spaces, and freedom from time constraints, unlike public transport.

A 2018 study by the Vietnamese-German University, which surveyed 2,000 people living in six major urban areas in Vietnam, provided a scenario where HCMC's bus network grows by two-three times by 2030, with six-seven metro lines and a threefold increase in parking fees. Yet 70 percent of respondents said they would still use motorbikes.

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