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香港政府
GIS 新聞處
DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN
SUNDAY, JUNE 1, 1975
MORE PUBLIC TRANSPORT COMMUTERS RECORDED LAST YEAR
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THE NUMBER OF PASSENGERS USING BUSES AND TRAMS DURING 1974 WENT UP BY OVER 11 PER CENT WHILE THE AVERAGE DAILY TRAFFIC FLOWS RELATED TO ALL VEHICLES SHOWED A GENERAL DOWNWARD TREND OVER THE PRECEDING YEAR.
THIS IS REVEALED IN THE 1974 ANNUAL TRAFFIC CENSUS,
WHICH WAS TADLED AT A RECENT MEETING OF THE TRANSPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
THE CENSUS, MADE BY THE TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT SURVEY DIVISION OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, ALSO SHOWED THE FIRST DROP OF 4.8 PER CENT IN THE TOTAL NUMBER OF REGISTERED VEHICLES SINCE 1947.
LAST YEAR, 329 MILLION PASSENGERS USED THE BUS AND TRAM SERVICES ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 11 PER CENT MORE THAN IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR, WHILE THE KOWLOON MOTOR BUS COMPANY CARRIED 565 MILLION PASSENGERS 14.4 PER CENT MORE THAN THAT IN 1979.
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ON THE OTHER HAND, REDUCTIONS IN TRAFFIC FLOWS, WERE WITNESSED IN MORE LOCATIONS BY TRAFFIC COUNTING STATIONS DURING THE YEAR.
OUT OF A TOTAL OF 321 TRAFFIC COUNTING STATIONS, 181 (56 PER CENT) RECORDED REDUCTIONS AS COMPARED WITH 34 PER CENT IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR. AMONG THIS 56 PER CENT, 31 STATIONS REGISTERED FIRST DROP IN TRAFFIC FLOWS SINCE INSTALLATION,
ON TRAFFIC FLOWS ON A ZONE BASIS, 10 OUT OF A TOTAL OF 15 CORDONS AND SCREENLINES RECORDED A DECREASE IN AVERAGE DAILY TRAFFIC FLOWS TO VARYING EXTENT. GENERALLY, THE REDUCTIONS WERE GREATER IN KOWLOON THAN ON HONG KONG ISLAND.
ACCORDING TO THE TRAFFIC CENSUS. THE CORDONS ENCLOSING THE BUSY CENTRAL AND MONG KOK DISTRICTS SHOWED A 3 PER CENT AND 12 PER CENT DECREASE RESPECTIVELY.
DURING THE YEAR, THE HIGHEST AVERAGE DAILY TRAFFIC ON HONG KONG ISLAND OCCURRED ON GLOUCESTER ROAD WITH 72,340 VEHICLES PER DAY. IN KOWLOON, THE HIGHEST FLOW WAS 114,370 VEHICLES PER DAY ON PRINCE EDWARD' ROAD NEAR CHOT HUNG ROAD, WHILE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, THE MAXIMUM OF 44,730 VEHICLES PER DAY OCCURRED ON CASTLE PEAK ROAD NEAR TEXACO ROAD.
REGISTERED VEHICLES AT YEAR END TOTALLED 193,601 - A DECREASE OF 4.8 PER CENT FROM THAT FOR 1973. THE DROP WAS MAINLY DUE TO THE DECREASE IN PRIVATE CAR REGISTRATIONS FROM 129,651 TO 119,273.
Issued by Government Information Services, Beaconsfield House, Hong Kong. Tel: 5-233191
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