Enhancing understanding on safe motorcycle and three-wheeler use for rural transport: Literature Review

Abstract

This Literature Review was carried out during the Inception Phase of the research project ‘Enhancing understanding on safe motorcycle and three-wheeler use for rural transport and the implications for appropriate training and regulatory frameworks’. The purpose of the review was to generate contextual information to inform the development of research strategies in the project’s 4 focal countries: Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. This literature review draws on existing academic and grey literature. It maps the growth in use of motorcycles and motorised three-wheelers in sub-Saharan Africa and examines the benefits and disbenefits of their use as a means of public transport, with a particular emphasis on their use in rural areas. It describes the implications of the existing lack of regulatory frameworks covering motorcycles and three-wheelers, as well as gender, mobility and road safety issues. The review concludes that there are significant gaps in research on this subject in a rural context. This work is part of the Applied Research on Rural Roads and Transport Services through Community Access Programmes in Africa and Asia (AFCAP2 and AsCAP)