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Friday, November 9, 1973
NEW ARRANGEMENTS FOR P.L.B. OPERATIONS IN CENTRAL
To Reduce Traffic Congestion
***宴李順
A new traffic management scheme for public light buses aimed at
improving traffic flow in Central District will be introduced early next
month.
The intorduction of this scheme comes after careful study by staff
of the PWD Highways Office, Police Traffic Branch and Transport Department.
Under the new scheme, the movement of PLES and the points where
they may pick up or set down passengers, are kept as far as possible outside
the congested Central District, but not so far out as to cause problems for
passengers.
The main difficulty has been to find big enough sites in the right
places. At peak hours on weekdays, about 700 PLBS an hour depart from Central
for Wan Chai, North Point and Shau Kei Wan, while nearly 400 PLBS an hour
depart in the other direction for Pok Fu Lam, Wah Fu and Aberdeen.
A three-stage scheme will start early next month with new PLB stands
for picking up passengers on the reclamation at Rumsey Street; at the eastern
end of the area in front of the Vehicular ferry terminal; and at the eastern
end of the Central Bus Station, with pedestrian access by the existing overhead
footbridge to and from Central.
Further stands for westbound PLBs will also be set up in Stanley
Street and Wellington Street.
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