Q 26
A traffic census taken on some of the main roads during a twelve-hour period (8.00 a.m. to 8.00 p.m.), gave the following results which are shown compared with the 1938 figures:-
Point where Census was taken. 1938. 1939. Cars & Lorries Motor Cycles. and Buses. Cars & Lorries Motor Cycles. and Buses. Garden Road, junction at Murray Barracks.. 5,375 758 4,896 707 Magazine Gap Road, junction at May Road.. 1,460 12 1,299 10 Stubbs Road, above Hong Kong Hotel Garage 1,026 478 1,391 635 Queen's Road West, east of No. 7 Police Station 784 1,098 921 1,257 Des Voeux Road West, near Western Street. 562 357 585 416 Connaught Road West, near Western Street. 237 1,350 312 1,782 Pokfulam Road, near No. 3 Pumping Station. 765 443 785 495 Pokfulam Road, south of No. 7 Police Station 700 538 775 578 Caine Road, junction with Arbuthnot Road.. 2,271 515 2,095 558 Stubbs Road, above junction with Bowen Road 295 126 170 145 Wongneichong Gap Road, above junction with Bowen Road 654 283 489 306 Magazine Gap Road, below junction with Stubbs Road 1,015 1,040 ... ... King's Road, opposite Ming Yuen Garden ... 821 702 780 1,004 Island Road, bottom of Shaukiwan Hill 310 285 462 445 Island Road, east of Repulse Bay Road junction 522 236 409 440 Island Road, west of Repulse Bay Road junction 248 70 199 105 Island Road, south of Victoria Road and Pokfulam Road junction 195 212 177 215 Nathan Road, Salisbury Road junction 2,363 1,510 1,234 861 Nathan Road, Waterloo Road junction ...... 4,243 2,175 1,195 174