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FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 1978
INTEGRATED PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM STUDY
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THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT TODAY ENTERED INTO A CONTRACT WITH HALCROM FOX ALD ASSOCIATE FOR A STUDY LEADING TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTEGRATED PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM, KNOWN AS DIPTRANS.
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THE CONTRACT WORTH ABOUT 34 MILLION, WAS SIGNED BY THE COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT BR. JAN MACPHERSON, AND REPRESENTATIVES OF HALCRO. FOX AND ASSOCIATE.
THE STUDY WILL PLAN THE PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM AS A WHOLE WHEN THE MODIFIED INITIAL SYSTEM OF THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY BECOMES CPERATIONAL AND, IN PARTICULAR, THE CHANGES THAT WILL BE REQUIRED TO ENSURE OPTIMUM ÚSAGE OF ALL PUBLIC TRANSPORT MODES.
OFFICERS FROM THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT AND THE TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT SURVEY DIVISION OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WILL DE SECONDED FULL TIME TO THE STUDY TEAM AND WILL WORK WITH THE CONSULT- ANTS' STAFF. ALL FRANCHISED PUBLIC TRANSPORT OPERATORS AND THE MTRC *ILL PARTICIPATE IN THE STUDY PROGRAMME.
THE STUDY WILL BEGIN ON MONDAY (JUME 5) AND IS EXPECTED TO TAKE ABOUT A YEAR TO COMPLETE.
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