Abstract:

The current study found that while comparing with the case study cities, Vietnamese cities have contexts similar to other Asian cities. However, in terms of the percentage of passenger trips taken on public transit, they are surprisingly comparable to Californian cities. Although the Southeast Asian cities examined in this study do not have subnational e-mobility roadmaps, they can offer unique lessons in terms of e-mobility adoption and other transport decarbonization solutions. Most case study cities characterized as emerging EV adopters tend to favor roadmaps that specifically promote e-mobility uptake, charging, and manufacture, but Vietnamese cities have the special opportunity to break away from this pattern and opt for a broader scope of climate action, air quality control, or sustainable modal shift.