Motorcycle Ban and Traffic Safety: Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment at Zhejiang, China
Motorcycle bans have been implemented in many cities across China for long time, one of the main reasons for which is the high death rate of the traffic accidents related to motorcycles’ fast speed and weak safety. This study applies a quasi-experiment on whether or not and when motorcycle bans are...
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| description | Motorcycle bans have been implemented in many cities across China for long time, one of the main reasons for which is the high death rate of the traffic accidents related to motorcycles’ fast speed and weak safety. This study applies a quasi-experiment on whether or not and when motorcycle bans are implemented in the 11 prefecture cities in Zhejiang Province, taking the prefecture-level cities with motorcycle bans as the experimental group and the others as the control group, so as to identify whether such bans can effectively reduce the number of traffic accidents and deaths, as well as the related internal mechanism. This study concludes that the effect of the motorcycle bans on reducing the number of traffic accident deaths is significant, and their impact does not decrease over time due to the diversity of policies. Further, the mechanism analysis shows that the motorcycle bans have not only reduced the number of motorcycles and thus may improve the traffic safety but also diminished the traffic accidents by reducing the fatality rate. Finally, this study proposes to optimize the motorcycle bans by planning special lanes and strengthening motorcycle management. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-5c0a3f5261f143b9b703a5b3e4746f6b2025-02-03T06:05:34ZengWileyJournal of Advanced Transportation0197-67292042-31952021-01-01202110.1155/2021/75521807552180Motorcycle Ban and Traffic Safety: Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment at Zhejiang, ChinaJingjing Chen0Qian Wang1Jie Huang2School of Economics, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou 311121, ChinaSchool of Economics, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou 311121, ChinaSchool of Public Affairs, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310012, ChinaMotorcycle bans have been implemented in many cities across China for long time, one of the main reasons for which is the high death rate of the traffic accidents related to motorcycles’ fast speed and weak safety. This study applies a quasi-experiment on whether or not and when motorcycle bans are implemented in the 11 prefecture cities in Zhejiang Province, taking the prefecture-level cities with motorcycle bans as the experimental group and the others as the control group, so as to identify whether such bans can effectively reduce the number of traffic accidents and deaths, as well as the related internal mechanism. This study concludes that the effect of the motorcycle bans on reducing the number of traffic accident deaths is significant, and their impact does not decrease over time due to the diversity of policies. Further, the mechanism analysis shows that the motorcycle bans have not only reduced the number of motorcycles and thus may improve the traffic safety but also diminished the traffic accidents by reducing the fatality rate. Finally, this study proposes to optimize the motorcycle bans by planning special lanes and strengthening motorcycle management.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/7552180 |
| spellingShingle | Jingjing Chen Qian Wang Jie Huang Motorcycle Ban and Traffic Safety: Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment at Zhejiang, China Journal of Advanced Transportation |
| title | Motorcycle Ban and Traffic Safety: Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment at Zhejiang, China |
| title_full | Motorcycle Ban and Traffic Safety: Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment at Zhejiang, China |
| title_fullStr | Motorcycle Ban and Traffic Safety: Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment at Zhejiang, China |
| title_full_unstemmed | Motorcycle Ban and Traffic Safety: Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment at Zhejiang, China |
| title_short | Motorcycle Ban and Traffic Safety: Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment at Zhejiang, China |
| title_sort | motorcycle ban and traffic safety evidence from a quasi experiment at zhejiang china |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/7552180 |
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