EFFECTS OF MOTORCYCLE AND TRICYCLE TRANSPORTATION ON THE ECONOMY AND SECURITY OF KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
Oludare, Wuraola Anna , Shuaibu, Adamu Mohammed and Saheed, Zakaree S., PhD
Volume 15 Issue 1
Abstract
Motorcycle and tricycle transportation is crucial in urban and peri-urban transport, employment, and economic involvement in Kaduna State, Nigeria. But it has benefits to the economy, as well as security challenge, road safety and conflict regulation. In this study, an attempt is made to scrutinize the economic and security impacts of motorcycle and tricycle transportation in Kaduna metropolis of Kaduna State. It uses a quantitative cross sectional survey methodology with some selected views of stakeholders and reviews of transport accessibility, livelihood opportunities, business activities, security exposure, road safety and regulatory conditions. The results suggest that 97% of respondents agreed that the motorcycle and tricycle services enhance access to the workplace, markets and customers, and 100% believed that the services create jobs and promote the small businesses. In addition, 95% confirmed that these services decrease the travelling time and promote economic activities. However, there were significant security and safety issues reported: 79% said they had experienced or witnessed a security incident in the past 12 months and 95% said they experienced or witnessed a road crash in the past 12 months. Furthermore, 95% disagreed that operator registration and identification was sufficient. These results provide a picture of economically significant but perceived security and road-safety concerns of motorcycle and tricycle transportation. The study calls for a balanced regulatory framework that enhances operator identification and registration, traffic-law enforcement, operator safety training and reporting of incidents, and for the transport regulators, security agencies and operators' associations to cooperate to ensure better livelihoods and affordable mobility. The results should be interpreted with caution, however, as they are based on respondents' experience or observation rather than being population prevalence data or relating to cause and effect. Keywords: Motorcycle Transportation, Tricycle Transportation, Economic Impact, Transport Security, Road Safety, Regulation
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