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Wherever possible surface transport modes would connect
with the MTR and selected stations could be associated
with multi-storey car parks, which should help reduce
incursion of private cars into congestion-prone areas.
62.
The resultant mixture of public transport modes
would require close co-ordination by the authorities
responsible for transport and traffic, and detailed
supervision over routes and fares would be necessary in
order to make optimum use of the MTR and the inter-locking
system of surface modes of transport.
63.
The Railway would thus make it possible for
priorities in the use of limited road space to be
established, thereby leading to an improved total mixture
of transport services and the avoidance of unacceptable
congestion. At the same time the improvement in public
transport facilities would make it possible for
restraints on personal transport to be gradually intensified
as the road system came under increasing pressure."
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