Hanoi plans to ban motorcycles and scooters by 2030 joining Paris, Singapore and Milan in movement to ban motorcycles that don’t meet modern emissions standards.

Vietnams capital is the second-most polluted city in the world, prompting the city council to announce their intended ban on al powered two-wheelers. Meanwhile other cities charge congestion taxes for their CBD in an effort to minimise greenhouse emissions.

In fact, studies have suggested congestion taxes for Sydney and Melbourne with the latter now considering such moves.

Now on a global agenda, the move to ban motorcycles reflects the disturbingly realistic film, The World’s Last Motorcycle, which depicts a future dominated by autonomous vehicles where motorcycles are banned not only because of pollution, but because of safety. The film is not a stretch from reality with ‘safety nannies’ and the environmentally conscious regularly targeting motorcycles and riders.

In 2017, a group of American motorcycle industry luminaries, aptly called “Give a Shift”, released a report on the future of motorcycling saying bikes are in danger of being killed off by autonomous vehicles.

With the rise of allegedly safe, electric-powered automated vehicles, similar bans could leave motorcycles as the last “dangerous” and polluting vehicle.

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Source: Motorbike Writer – Hanoi to ban motorcycles by 2030

7 Aug 2018