Motorized Two and Three Wheeler Design and Regulation
Walter Hook and Luc Nadal, ITDPTransforming Transportation, January 2011
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Two and Three Wheelers - Number & Motorization Index
Total Vehicles (in millions)- (Left Axis) Motorization Index (V/1000 P) (Right Axis)
Top Ten Countries By Motorcycle Population
Slide 4IRF 2007, NSO 2000, BPS 2006, JAMA 2006, Nguyen 2008, Gong 2008)
Motorcycles per Four-Wheeled Vehicles
Motorcycles per Four Wheeled Veh
2.16 to 2.7 (1)1.62 to 2.16 (2)1.08 to 1.62 (2)0.54 to 1.08 (3)0 to 0.54 (62)
Slide 5Meszler 2007
European Union (15 countries)
• 2000-2005, 28% increase of motorcycle fleet in the European Union
• 8.4 Million vehicles
PTW Park in 2005Approx. 28.4 Million vehicles
Sweden, 1%
Belgium, 2%
Finland, 1%
Denmark,1%
Austria, 2%
Portugal, 2%
Greece, 3%
Netherlands, 4%
83%
France, 9%
UK, 5%
Spain, 14%
Germany, 20%
Italy, 36%
Air pollution contribution of 2 and 3 wheelers. Should be controlled through emissions regulation
Motorcycle share of total transport emissions in selected Asian cities
City VOC CO PM NOx CO2
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 90% 70% No estimate 12% 40% Delhi, India 70% 50% No estimate No estimate No estimate Bangkok, Thailand 70% 32% 4% <1% No estimate Dhaka, Bangladesh 60% 26% 42% 4% No estimate
Source: Mezler 2007
Accidents of 2W and 3W with other vehicles in Delhi Car Bus 2W 3W Bicycle Total
3W 24 % 17 % 17 % 25 % 17 % 100 %
2W 22 % 27 % 18 % 13 % 20 % 100 %
Source: Tiwari et al, Accid. Anal. and Prev., Vol. 30, No. 2, pp. 207-215, 1998
Motorcycles and Congestion • Recommended Motorized 2-wheeler PCE in select
countries =– USA: 1 (one Motorcycle = 1 car)– China: 0.7– India: 0.5
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Observed PCEs• 0.5 factor for 2-wheelers at intersections in India is still
underestimated• Counts at roundabouts showed that actual capacity was
about twice the traffic simulations based on 0.5 PCE• Using 0.16-2 PCE factors, the traffic model produced
estimations close to empirical data• 0.5 -0.6: adequate factor for motor-rickshaws• Assumes no lane demarcation or enforcement of lanes
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2 & 3 Wheelers and congestionconclusions:
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• Motorcycles are highly efficient users of road space at slow speeds if lane sharing is allowed.
• Congestion mitigation measures should target cars first.
Two & three wheeler infrastructure
• Design guidelines objectives:– Prevent encroachment on walkways and
bikeways and public space– Improve motorbike safety– Optimize level of service’ for each mode– Minimize nuisances in residential areas
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esidential pedestrian spaces
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We need systematic design development to prevent motorbike encroachments
Dedicated 2 & 3 Wheeler lanes?
• Segregation or integration with mixed traffic
• Increasing interest in separate motorcycle lanes– Malaysia– Brazil– China, P. R.– Island of Taiwan– Philippines
Slide 15Malaysia doubling limited access high-way
Sao PauloHigh speed motorcycle lane along median
Hefei, China
Separate 2-Wheelers lanes are of no use if:
• Motorists lane discipline is not assumed• 2-Wheelers compose less than 10% and
more than 50% of modal split• Design speed is under 40km/h
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• Mode separation (and management of conflicts) may be workable if no more than 2, at most 3, modes dominate the road (ex: cars and motorcycles)
• In case of truly heterogeneous traffic, separation of motorcycle from mixed traffic may not be warranted
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Widely Divergent Policies
• China gradually banning motorbikes• Indian cities impose almost no road
access restrictions on Motorized 2 wheelers
• Many cities ban, cap, or restrict motor-rickshaws and motorbikes from certain highways, arterials and zones
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Motorcycle encroachment on bikelanes and walkways occurs in specific and predictable
locations for predictable reasons
How to integrate with bicycles?
• Large motorbikes tend to terrorize bicycles off the roads and should be treated like cars.
• Electric light motorbikes integrate reasonably well with bicycles and could create additional users for bicycle-oriented infrastructure
• Hard to enforce any subtle distinction so middle range vehicles need to be banned.
Key regulatory conclusions• Road design for motorbikes should not be done in isolation. Rather,
multi-modal street design needed for specific traffic mix. • Standard lane widths and delineation not relevant if motorized two
and three wheelers are significant share of traffic• Segregation of motorcycles at junctions improves junction efficiency
but the same holds for bicycles. • Need clear distinction between motorbikes that are clean, light, and
quiet like a bicycle and those that are fast, heavy, and noisy like a car.
• Infrastructure and regulatory structures should privilege access to junctions and locations for the clean and light motorbikes to promote their use.
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