a comparison study on motorcycle traffic development in some asian countries case of taiwan malaysia and vietnam final report principal researcher dr ing hsu tien pen institute civil engineering national university co eng ahmad farhan mohd sadullah department science nguyen xuan dao research for transportation & technology ministry prepared the eastern asia society studies easts international cooperative activity 28 october 2003 2 table contents page chapter 1 introduction background scope work demography situation socio economic 3 issues 4 ownership growth 11 registration motorized vehicle 13 type motorcycles 16 usage trip purpose 21 education level multi modal user 22 travel length age distribution 23 distance with 24 5 mixed flow characteristics general