Impact of Commercial Motorcycle Operation on Urban Mobility in Ogun State, Nigeria

The significance of public transport of cities in many developing countries lies in the fundamental fact that mobility and accessibility are essential for economic growth and of necessity to provide efficient and effective movement for goods and services. The collapse of public intra-city transport system paved way for the rise of motorcycles as means of public transportation in Nigeria. This paper discusses the impact of commercial motorcycle operation as a means of urban transportation. Of the 200 questionnaires administered, 191 questionnaires were received for analysis using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). Secondary data was also sourced to serve as complement to the primary data, thus allowing for a robust research. Descriptive statistical tools such as percentages were adopted to present the socio-economic characteristics in the area. Findings showed that the majority of the users are adults between the aged 31 and 40 years. Most of them (53.8%) are married and are fairly educated. Furthermore, it was recommended that the Nigerian government should provide employment opportunities for our teeming youth as this will go a long way in the reduction of number of youth who as a result of unemployment took to motorcycle riding business.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1515/jlst-2017-0006
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  • https://content.sciendo.com/view/journals/jlst/8/1/article-p62.xml
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • © 2018 Oluwaseyi Joseph Afolabi and Kolawole Taofeek Gbadamosi.
• Authors:
  • Afolabi, Oluwaseyi Joseph
  • Gbadamosi, Kolawole Taofeek
• Publication Date: 2017-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 62-71
• Serial:
  • Logistics & Sustainable Transport
  • Volume: 8
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: De Gruyter Poland
  • ISSN: 2232-4968
  • Serial URL: https://sciendo.com/journal/JLST
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Demand responsive transportation; Descriptive statistics; Motorcycles; Motorcyclists; Passenger transportation; Questionnaires; Statistical analysis; Urban transportation
• Geographic Terms: Ogun State (Nigeria)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01676683
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 26 2018 2:42PM