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cross-harbour ferry services. The information was gathered for an investigation into the design of the public transport services that might use the cross-harbour tunnel. The data on parking collected in 1969 was analysed, and the study of traffic flows on the roads of the Colony was continued.
Further work was carried out by consultants (Freeman, Fox and Partners) on the mass transit study. Population and travel fore- casts were reassessed taking into account the results of the 1966 by-census. Various aspects of the civil, electrical and mechanical engineering work associated with the project were investigated in depth to enable the preparation of reliable estimates.
PARKING
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There are six government multi-storey car parks, managed by the Urban Council, with a total capacity of 3,599 cars. In addition, 1,463 parking spaces in four temporary open air car parks, also managed by the council, have been established on Crown land awaiting development. Besides, there is a total of 7,273 parking meters installed in the urban areas of Hong Kong and Kowloon.
PUBLIC TRANSPORT
With the exception of the Kowloon-Canton Railway whose activities are fully described in an earlier section of this Report, public transport is operated by private enterprise. There are five major public transport companies operating scheduled services under ordinances which grant monopoly rights but require the provision of adequate services. These are: The China Motor Bus Co Ltd and the Hongkong Tramways Ltd which operate scheduled services on Hong Kong Island; the Kowloon Motor Bus Co (1933) Ltd which has the exclusive scheduled bus franchise in Kowloon and the mainland portion of the New Territories; the Hongkong and Yaumati Ferry Co and the 'Star' Ferry Co which operate ferry services on specific routes across the harbour. Appendix 38 lists the traffic carried annually by each of the public transport undertakings between the years 1959 and 1970.
At the end of the 1970 the Kowloon Motor Bus Company's fleet totalled 1,018 vehicles, comprising 658 doubled-deck buses
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