TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 1988
3
TAC ACCEPTS FIVE-YEAR PLANS OF CMB, KMB
THE
TRANSPORT ADVISORY
(TAC) COMMITTEE
FORWARD
TODAY (TUESDAY)
PLANNING
MOTOR
PROGRAMMES OF
BUS
COMPANY
ACCEPTED IN PRINCIPLE THE FIVE-YEAR THE CHINA MOTOR BUS COMPANY (CMB) AND THE KOWLOON (KMB) FOR 1988-1992.
PROPOSED CMB ON ROUTE DEVELOPMENT,
AND TWO FREQUENCY 23 FREQUENCY IMPROVEMENTS SERVICE WITHDRAWAL,
TRAFFIC RELEVANT BY THE HAD BEEN EXAMINED REDUCTIONS WHICH TRANSPORT COMMITTEES OF DISTRICT BOARDS.
NINE NEW
ROUTES,
ONE
AND
THE TAC CONSIDERED PROGRAMME NAS GENERALLY ACCEPTABLE AND ITS SERVICES WERE EXPECTED IMPROVE FURTHER IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. THE FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS CMB'S FIVE-YEAR PLAN WERE ALSO NOTED.
THAT THE COMPANY'S
ROUTE DEVELOPMENT
TO
OF
CONSIDERED HOWEVER, THE COMMITTEE REPLACEMENT OF ITS OLDER BUSES SHOULD BE SPEEDED PROVISION SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN CMB'S NEXT FORWARD PLAN.
THAT CMB'S
UP,
AND
PROGRAMME
THAT
FOR
SUCH
KMB'S ROUTE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME PROPOSED A TOTAL OF
SERVICE CHANGES OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
408 BUS
THESE COMPRISED: INTRODUCTION OF 51 NEW SERVICES, WITHDRAWAL OF 23 ROUTE 191 ROUTE FREQUENCY IMPROVEMENTS,
ROUTE 14 EXISTING SERVICES, FREQUENCY REDUCTIONS, 42 CHANGES OF SERVICE TERMINAL POINTS, 24
HIGHER CAPACITY BUS OF
TYPE REPLACEMENT CHANGES AND 63 CASES VEHICLES.
THE TAC CONCLUDED SATISFACTORY, AND THAT ITS
BY
THAT
KMB'S PROGRAMME
ACCEPTABLE
ON ECONOMIC
FLEET DEVELOPMENT PLAN WAS REASONABLE
NOTED ALSO GROUNDS. IMPLICATIONS OF THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN.
IT
THE
WAS GENERALLY AND FINANCIAL
THE PROPOSAL TO OTHER MATTERS CONSIDERED BY THE TAC INCLUDED
BELTS BY DRIVERS EXTEND THE LEGISLATION ON THE WEARING OF SEAT FRONT SEAT PASSENGERS TO COVER TAXIS AND LIGHT BUSES.
AND
LIMITING
THE
FAILURE
OF
AGE
FOR WHETHER THE PROPOSAL MEMBERS DELIBERATED VICARIOUS LIABILITY OF TAXI AND LIGHT BUS DRIVERS FOR THE FRONT SEAT PASSENGERS TO WEAR A SEAT BELT TO PASSENGERS UNDER THE OF 15 SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO PRIVATE MOTORISTS.
AGREED HOWEVER, MEMBERS,
PRIVATE MOTORISTS FOR
THE WEARING
THAT THE EXISTING
SEAT BRLTS OF
LIABILITY BY FRONT
OF
SEAT
PASSENGERS SHOULD NOT BE CHANGED.
/THE PROPOSAL