Investigation of the Motorcycle Usage in İstanbul
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Date
2017
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Sigma Journal of Engineering and Natural Sciences
Abstract
In recent years, especially due to increased traffic congestion the motorcycle usage in Istanbul has become
increasingly widespread. According to 2015 data, the number of automobiles in Istanbul has reached up to 2.5
million, while the number of motorcycles has reached up to 260 thousand. This transportation mode, which
was predominantly used by the couriers previously, has become a preferred mode of transportation by the
reason of its speed and operating cost at urban trips.
The aim of this study is to determine the advantages and disadvantages of the motorcycle usage and
understand the travel habits with respect to their socioeconomic status of motorcyclists in Istanbul. The
analysis is realized with the help of a face-to-face questionnaire study conducted with 201 motorcyclists. On
the questionnaire, it is determined that the most important reason to choose motorcycle is the traffic
congestion and the most important obstacle to the spread of the motorcycle usage is the behavior of other
vehicle drivers. The motorcycle owners evenly prefer motorcycles on compulsory trips (home to work, home
to school etc.) and on other trips. It has been seen that motorcycle usage rate does not change with respect to
the length of the trip and accordingly for the trips shorter than 1 km, walking is preferred as well as
motorcycle.
This study is one of the rare studies that inspect this transportation mode in İstanbul, which is more
environment friendly than private car.
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Keywords
Motorcycle ownership, Motorcycle usage, Urban public transport
Citation
Sarısoy, G., Özgün, S., & Öğüt, K. S. (2017). Investigation of the Motorcycle Usage in İstanbul. Sigma, 8(4), 315-324.