Hanoi (July 5, 2017): Hanoi’s city council voted for the ban unanimously, hoping to unclog roads and reduce soaring levels of pollution.
Hanoi, a city of five million motorbikes, is planning to impose ban on the motorcycles by 2030.
Hanoi’s city council voted for the ban almost unanimously, hoping to unclog roads and reduce soaring levels of pollution. The council has also promised to increase public transport so that half the population are using it by 2013, instead of the current 12%.
Council officials decided to put “immediate management measures” in place after a report found the number of motorbikes in Hanoi was set to grow at an “alarming” rate. Some studies suggest there are already as many as 2,500 motorbikes per kilometre.
According to the non-governmental group GreenID, the city recorded 282 days of “excessive” levels of PM2.5, which is harmful to human health, last year.
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