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Transport
A Traffic and Incident Management System is being developed to improve efficiency and effectiveness in managing traffic and transport incidents and in disseminating relevant information to the public. The system is scheduled to be launched in 2016.
Automatic Toll Collection
Except for the Discovery Bay Tunnel Link, all tolled tunnels and the Lantau Link have automatic toll collection (autotoll) systems, allowing motorists with autotoll tags on their vehicles to drive through designated toll booths without having to stop to pay. About 47.9 per cent of motorists used autotoll when driving through the tolled tunnels and tolled roads in 2015.
Parking
On-street parking is provided where there is demand and when traffic conditions permit. At the year end, Hong Kong had about 18,000 parking spaces with electronic parking meters in operation and 15,500 non-metered on-street parking spaces.
The government owns 12 multistorey public car parks and a 'Park-and-Ride' public car park in Sheung Shui which are run by two private operators under government contracts and provide about 6,100 public parking spaces.
In addition to government car parks, off-street public parking is provided by the Airport Authority Hong Kong (AAHK) at the airport, the Housing Department and The Link Reit in some public housing estates, and by the private sector in multistorey commercial/residential buildings and open-air public car parks. In all, there are 193,500 off-street public parking spaces, excluding those in government car parks.
Park-and-ride facilities are operated by the MTRCL at Choi Hung Station on the Kwun Tong Line; Hong Kong, Kowloon and Tsing Yi stations on the Airport Express; Hung Hom Station on the East Rail Line and Kam Sheung Road Station on the West Rail Line, and by private operators at some commercial car parks located near Olympic Station on the Tung Chung Line, Wu Kai Sha Station on the Ma On Shan Line, Tuen Mun Station on the West Rail Line and Hang Hau Station on the Tseung Kwan O Line.
Road Safety
There were 16,170 road traffic accidents involving injuries in 2015, of which 2,510 were serious and 117 were fatal. This compares with 15,790 accidents in 2014, of which 2,508 were serious and 99 were fatal. The total number of fatal and serious road traffic accidents increased 0.8 per cent compared with 2014.
Pedestrian Transport
Hillside Escalator Links and Elevator Systems
The Central Mid-levels Escalator Link, the Fortress Hill Pedestrian Link and the Centre Street Escalator Link help pedestrians access the hilly terrain on Hong Kong Island. The government has been taking forward various new projects to provide escalator links and elevator systems to improve accessibility in hilly areas, with 11 projects under investigation and design, and two projects under construction.
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