Editing Transport in India (section)

==== Two-wheelers ====
Motorised two-wheeler vehicles like [[scooter (motorcycle)|scooters]], motorcycles and [[moped]]s are very popular due to their fuel efficiency and ease of use in congested roads or streets. The number of two-wheelers sold is several times to that of cars. There were 47.5&nbsp;million powered two-wheelers in India in 2003 compared with just 8.6&nbsp;million cars.<ref name="transtatsin">{{Cite web |url=http://www.iraptranstats.net/in |title=Transport in India |website=International Transport Statistics Database |publisher=[[international Road Assessment Program|iRAP]] |access-date=17 February 2009 |archive-date=7 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090307013828/http://www.iraptranstats.net/in |url-status=live }}</ref>

Manufacture of motorcycles in India started when [[Royal Enfield]] began assembly in its plant in [[Chennai]] in 1948. Royal Enfield, an iconic brand name in the country, manufactures different variants of the British [[Royal Enfield Bullet|Bullet]] motorcycle which is a classic motorcycle that is still in production.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/4751939/The-star-of-India.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/4751939/The-star-of-India.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=The star of India |last=Woods |first=Phil |date=28 July 2001 |work=Online edition of the Telegraph, dated 2001-07-28 |access-date=19 June 2009 |location=London}}{{cbignore}}</ref> [[Hero MotoCorp]] (formerly Hero Honda), [[Honda]], [[Bajaj Auto]], [[Yamaha Motor Company|Yamaha]], [[TVS Motors]] and [[Mahindra Group|Mahindra 2 Wheelers]] are the largest two-wheeler companies in terms of market-share.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2009/02/03/stories/2009020350970200.htm |title=Honda tightens two-wheeler grip in India |website=Online edition of The Hindu Business Line, dated 2009-02-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090206105329/http://thehindubusinessline.com/2009/02/03/stories/2009020350970200.htm |archive-date=6 February 2009 |access-date=19 June 2009}}</ref>

Manufacture of scooters in India started when [[Automobile Products of India]] (API) set up at [[Mumbai]] and incorporated in 1949. They began assembling [[Innocenti]]-built [[Lambretta]] scooters in India.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.lambrettascooter.org.uk/ |title=Lambretta Scooter |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170923170021/http://lambrettascooter.org.uk/ |archive-date=23 September 2017}}</ref> They eventually acquired a licence for the Li150 series model, of which they began full-fledged production from the early 1960s onwards.{{citation needed|date=July 2012}} In 1972, [[Scooters India Limited]] (SIL), a state-run enterprise based in [[Lucknow]], Uttar Pradesh, bought the entire manufacturing rights of the last Innocenti Lambretta model. API has infrastructural facilities at Mumbai, [[Aurangabad, Maharashtra|Aurangabad]], and [[Chennai]], but has been non-operational since 2002. {{citation needed|date=July 2012}} SIL stopped producing scooters in 1998.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cambridge Lambretta Workshops |url=https://www.lambretta.co.uk/clw_history.php |access-date=2025-03-24 |website=www.lambretta.co.uk}}</ref>

Motorcycles and scooters can be rented in many cities, Wicked Ride, Metro Bikes and many other companies are working with state governments to solve last-mile connectivity problems with mass-transit.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/Now-hire-bikes-from-Metro-stations-in-Bengaluru/articleshow/52380702.cms |title=Now hire bikes from Metro stations in Bengaluru – Times of India |work=The Times of India |access-date=13 February 2017 |archive-date=13 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160813170915/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/Now-hire-bikes-from-Metro-stations-in-Bengaluru/articleshow/52380702.cms |url-status=live }}</ref> Wearing [[helmet|protective headgear]] is mandatory for both the rider and the pillion-rider in most cities.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Swaroop |first1=Mamta |last2=Siddiqui |first2=Selma Marie |last3=Sagar |first3=Sushma |last4=Crandall |first4=Marie L. |year=2014 |title=The problem of the pillion rider: India's helmet law and New Delhi's exemption |journal=Journal of Surgical Research |volume=188 |issue=1 |pages=64–68 |doi=10.1016/j.jss.2014.01.003|pmid=24529884 |doi-access=free }}</ref>