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(vi) the construction of new roads to increase capacity
and speed; and
(vii) restrictions on the use of low capacity vehicles
The ICS has been particularly concerned with the development
of measures and schemes designed to improve the speed, reli- ability and capacity of public transport (viz items i, ii and iii above). However the development of a recommended
strategy has also taken into account the measures being
considered by Government under the other headings noted above and this is discussed further in Chapter 3.
The Alternative Systems Evaluated
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At an early stage of the study a wide range of transport systems were described to, and discussed with, the Steering
Group. Following this initial review the principal features
that determined the systems evaluated in detail were as follows: (i) in view of the need to make some improvements in
the Corridor as soon as possible to exclude
technologies or systems that have not been proven
in revenue service elsewhere;
(ii) to select a discrete number of systems which
would provide a sufficient range of information
from which the recommended system could be developed; (iii) to include the two major public transport proposals
already available for the corridor, viz: the Hong Kong Tramways Company plan to upgrade the existing
tram system and the Island Line section of the MTR
Preferred System; and
(iv) to ensure that each of the systems evaluated was
generally feasible and could be realistically
phased.
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As a result of these considerations there remained four modes
for further consideration:
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