Abstract In most African states informal motorcycle transportation is a popular means of urban and semi-urban mobility. While studies have examined the transportation–economic development nexus, the political economy of the ban of motorcycles and shift from informal commercial motorcycle to tricycle operation for urban/peri-urban mobility in Nigeria has been grossly neglected in academic discourses. Using a qualitative approach and neoliberal political economy framework, this study investigates how the ban of commercial motorcycles and their replacement with commercial tricycles have impacted urban/peri-urban mobility in Nigerian cities. Contrary to the expectation that replacing motorcycles with tricycles would increase the vulnerability of the majority of informal transport operators and constrain transportation of urban/peri-urban poor without personal/private means of mobility, the replacement has facilitated the development of road infrastructure, reduced road crashes, minimized motorcycle induced crimes, and improved the income of informal transport operators in Nigerian cities. The study concludes that sustainable use of commercial tricycles for urban and peri-urban transportation is relevant for achieving organized and safe informal commercial transportation in Nigeria and other less-developed countries.

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从摩托车到三轮车：尼日利亚城市的新自由主义政治经济、非正规交通和城市/城郊交通

摘要 在大多数非洲国家，非正式的摩托车交通是一种流行的城市和半城市交通方式。虽然研究已经研究了交通与经济发展的关系，但在尼日利亚，禁止摩托车和从非正规商业摩托车转向三轮车运营以实现城市/城郊交通的政治经济学在学术讨论中被严重忽视。本研究使用定性方法和新自由主义政治经济学框架，调查了商业摩托车的禁令以及商业三轮车的替代如何影响尼日利亚城市的城市/城郊流动性。与用三轮车取代摩托车会增加大多数非正规交通运营商的脆弱性并限制没有个人/私人交通工具的城市/城郊穷人的交通的预期相反，这种替代促进了道路基础设施的发展，减少了道路撞车事故，最大限度地减少了摩托车引发的犯罪，并提高了尼日利亚城市非正规交通运营商的收入。该研究得出结论，可持续使用商业三轮车进行城市和城郊交通与在尼日利亚和其他欠发达国家实现有组织和安全的非正式商业交通有关。最大限度地减少了摩托车引发的犯罪，并提高了尼日利亚城市非正规交通运营商的收入。该研究得出结论，可持续使用商业三轮车进行城市和城郊交通与在尼日利亚和其他欠发达国家实现有组织和安全的非正式商业交通有关。最大限度地减少了摩托车引发的犯罪，并提高了尼日利亚城市非正规交通运营商的收入。该研究得出结论，可持续使用商业三轮车进行城市和城郊交通与在尼日利亚和其他欠发达国家实现有组织和安全的非正式商业交通有关。