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Transport
Sham Western Highway, San Tin Highway, San Sham Road, Tsing Long Highway, Tuen Mun Road, West Kowloon Highway and Yuen Long Highway.
A newly developed Traffic and Incident Management System was launched at the end of 2017 to improve efficiency and effectiveness in managing traffic and transport incidents and in disseminating information to the public.
On traffic enforcement, digital red-light cameras are in operation at 195 signalised junctions to combat red-light jumping and digital speed enforcement cameras are deployed to combat speeding. On a rotational basis, 24 such cameras operate in 130 camera housings, six function in 33 camera housings in the Tsing Ma and Tsing Sha control areas, and two portable units capable of flexible deployment cover eight locations in the Tsing Sha Control Area.
Electronic 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 48.4 per cent of motorists used autotoll when driving through the tolled tunnels and tolled roads in 2017.
A 'stop-and-go' electronic payment service that lets motorists pay tolls with certain contactless credit cards has been rolled out progressively since July. As at end-2017, the service was provided at the Cross-Harbour Tunnel, Shing Mun Tunnels, Aberdeen Tunnel and Lantau Link.
Parking
On-street parking is provided where there is demand and when traffic conditions permit, to meet the short-term parking needs of motorists. At the year end, there were about 18,000 parking spaces with electronic parking meters installed and about 16,300 non-metered on-street parking spaces.
The government owns 11 multistorey public car parks across the city and a 'Park-and-Ride' public car park in Sheung Shui. These are run by two private operators under government contracts and provide about 5,600 public parking spaces.
In addition to government car parks, off-street public parking is provided by the Airport Authority Hong Kong at the airport, the Housing Department and the Link Reit in some public housing estates, and the private sector in multistorey commercial/residential buildings and open-air public car parks. In all, there are about 195,800 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; Kam Sheung Road Station on the West Rail Line and Ocean Park Station on the South Island 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.
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