Vietnamese buses are good, but people don't use them because they're too lazy to walk 23
Reading the article `Mr. Nguyen Duc Chung: Hanoi will restrict, not ban, motorbikes`, I would like to share some notes about traffic in large cities in Vietnam, which many people in the past and present still
Firstly, the bus systems in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City are not inferior to the bus systems in modern cities, if only considering the number of bus routes, waiting time, average distance walked,
To be objective, if you have the opportunity or ability, please try to experience buses in some modern cities such as Singapore, Bangkok, Beijing, Moscow, Seoul… then compare with the bus system in
As mentioned above, in Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh City you can take the bus to most places in the city.
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Regarding lazy walking, in many cities it is very normal to walk 4-5km a day while changing traffic routes.
Second, let’s honestly look at things objectively: motorbikes are too convenient and cheap.
For the common class, traveling in Vietnamese cities is more convenient than in many large cities such as Seoul, Moscow, Singapore… and much cheaper, allowing poor to middle-class people to freely walk.
In many modern countries, if you are middle class and do not have a car, it is common to travel by regular transport for personal needs (e.g. regularly going to the gym, going to meetings).
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And ordinary people only have enough money and time for public transportation to go to and from work every day.
There is also public transportation there, but compared to Vietnamese motorbikes, I bet that many people will continue to choose motorbikes.
I think, the most unfortunate thing related to motorbikes today is that our country is still poor (average worker salary is about 4 to 4.5 million per month), the roads are narrow, planning for motorbikes so most of the population
Third, even when there is a developed public transportation system like modern countries today, the demand for personal transportation still does not decrease.
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The reasonable and harmonious way is to let people naturally replace motorbikes with personal cars, the same way people have voluntarily replaced bicycles with motorbikes, when sufficient economic and infrastructure conditions are developed.
Therefore, I think instead of banning motorbikes, we should return to focusing on a more basic main task as follows: when building new residential areas, we will plan spacious roads for cars from the beginning.
In addition, regarding road traffic, I think we should focus on expanding National Highway 1AÂ rather than trying to ban motorbikes.
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Build a backbone road once of sufficient size to be used forever and be a practical symbol of the North-South connection.
Then use the townhouse or apartment land plots of new residential areas along this super boulevard to pay for clearance compensation or other costs.
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Dang Honglua
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