From Motorcycle to Tricycle: Neoliberal Political Economy, Informal Transportation, and Urban/Peri-Urban Mobility in Nigerian Cities

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Transportation Journal Pub Date : 2022-06-10 DOI:10.5325/transportationj.61.2.0195

Nsemba Edward Lenshie, Christian C Ezeibe, M. Joshua, Chikodiri Nwangwu

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Abstract:In most African states informal motorcycle transportation is a popular means of urban and semi-urban mobility. While studies have examined the transportation–economic development nexus, the political economy of the ban of motorcycles and shift from informal commercial motorcycle to tricycle operation for urban/peri-urban mobility in Nigeria has been grossly neglected in academic discourses. Using a qualitative approach and neoliberal political economy framework, this study investigates how the ban of commercial motorcycles and their replacement with commercial tricycles have impacted urban/peri-urban mobility in Nigerian cities. Contrary to the expectation that replacing motorcycles with tricycles would increase the vulnerability of the majority of informal transport operators and constrain transportation of urban/peri-urban poor without personal/private means of mobility, the replacement has facilitated the development of road infrastructure, reduced road crashes, minimized motorcycle induced crimes, and improved the income of informal transport operators in Nigerian cities. The study concludes that sustainable use of commercial tricycles for urban and peri-urban transportation is relevant for achieving organized and safe informal commercial transportation in Nigeria and other less-developed countries.

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从摩托车到三轮车：尼日利亚城市的新自由主义政治经济、非正规交通和城市/近郊流动

摘要:在大多数非洲国家，非正式的摩托车交通是城市和半城市交通的一种流行方式。虽然有研究考察了交通与经济发展的关系，但尼日利亚禁止摩托车和从非正规商业摩托车转向三轮车在城市/城郊流动的政治经济学在学术论述中被严重忽视。本研究采用定性方法和新自由主义政治经济学框架，调查了禁止商业摩托车及其被商业三轮车取代如何影响尼日利亚城市的城市/城郊交通。人们曾预期，用三轮车取代摩托车会增加大多数非正规交通运营商的脆弱性，并限制没有个人/私人交通工具的城市/城郊贫困人口的交通，但与此相反，这一取代促进了道路基础设施的发展，减少了道路交通事故，最大限度地减少了摩托车引发的犯罪，并提高了尼日利亚城市非正规交通运营商的收入。该研究的结论是，在尼日利亚和其他欠发达国家，可持续地使用商业三轮车进行城市和城郊运输，与实现有组织和安全的非正式商业运输有关。

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期刊介绍： Transportation Journal is devoted to the publication of articles that present new knowledge relating to all sectors of the supply chain/logistics/transportation field. These sectors include supply chain/logistics management strategies and techniques; carrier (transport firm) and contract logistics firm (3PL and 4PL) management strategies and techniques; transport economics; regulation, promotion, and other dimensions of public policy toward transport and logistics; and education.