WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1988
25
OF
COMPLETION WEST KOWLOON AREAS
THE TRANSPORT BRANCH WAS NOW AWAITING THE RECLAMATION STUDIES ON THE CENTRAL/WAN CHAI AND BEFORE FIRMING UP PIER REPROVISIONING PROGRAMMES.
SOUGHT
IN THE MEANTIME, ALTERNATIVE BERTHING POINTS WERE BEING TO COPE WITH INADEQUATE PASSENGER FACILITIES AT THE CENTRAL PIERS.
A
BUSES, MR LEUNG SAID
PUBLIC
THAT
THE
THEY TRANSPORT
IN
LIGHT ON TAXIS AND PUBLIC PLAYED
SUPPLEMENTARY ROLE IN
TRANSPORT. ADVISORY COMMITTEE HAD, EARLIER THIS YEAR, EXAMINED THEIR SERVICES SOME DETAIL.
THE ROLE OF TAXIS INCLUDING THEIR FARE POLICY AND THE ISSUE NEW TAXI LICENCES WERE FULLY CONSIDERED, AND RECOMMENDATIONS SUBSEQUENTLY ACCEPTED BY GOVERNMENT FOR IMPLEMENTATION.
OF
WERE
THE POLICY OF
GRADUALLY CONVERTING
RED
ΤΟ MINIBUSES ACCEPTED THAT
GREEN FULL THE LACK OF SUITABLE
MINIBUSES WAS ALSO REAFFIRMED. IT WAS ALSO CONVERSION WOULD NOT BE ROUTES.
PRACTICABLE DUE TO
PUBLIC TRANSPORT, THE IMPROVEMENTS IF
APART FROM A QUANTITATIVE EXPANSION OF GOVERNMENT WAS CONSCIOUS OF THE NEED FOR QUALITATIVE THEY WERE TO BECOME AN ATTRACTIVE ALTERNATIVE TO PRIVATE CARS USERS.
ΤΟ
AND CONVENIENCE THE TWO RAILWAYS OFFERED CONSIDERABLE COMFORT EXCEPT DURING THE PEAK HOURS. THE BUS COMPANIES WERE ALSO STRIVING
PROGRESSIVELY PROVIDE BETTER COMFORT. MODERN AND LARGE BUSES HAD BEEN INTRODUCED.
MR LEUNG SAID THAT ALONGSIDE THE CONTINUED EXPANSION OF TRANSPORT SERVICES, THE GOVERNMENT WAS ACTIVELY IMPLEMENTING TO BRING SUBSTANTIAL RELIEF TO CONGESTION.
PUBLIC MEASURES
THE
MR LEUNG SAID THAT BUILDING MORE ROADS AND RAILWAYS IS NOT
MANAGEMENT AND ENGINEERING ONLY WAY TO REDUCING CONGESTION. TRAFFIC MEASURES WERE USED TO MAXIMISE THE USE OF EXISTING ROAD SPACE.
ONLY BUS
SIGNAL
OF
INCLUDED THESE
LANES, TIDAL FLOW AND
TUNNEL AND THE SEGREGATION CONTROLLED MERGING IN THE LION ROCK TUNNEL AND NON-TUNNEL TRAFFIC AT THE CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL.
SYSTEMATIC DISTRICT TRAFFIC STUDIES WERE IDENTIFY THE BEST SOLUTIONS FOR LOCAL TRAFFIC PROBLEMS.
UNDERTAKEN
TO
AS
SITES SUITABLE FOR USE THERE WAS A CONTINUAL SEARCH FOR
PROVIDING UNDERGROUND CARPARKS, PLANS FOR LAUNCHING A PILOT SCHEME OF
BEING HILLSIDE ESCALATORS CONNECTING CENTRAL WITH THE MID-LEVELS WERE FINALISED.
MR LEUNG SAID
MODERN TECHNOLOGY WAS
BEING APPLIED
IN
THE
MONITORING AND CONTROL OF TRAFFIC.
THE FIRST AREA TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM INTRODUCED 10 IN WEST KOWLOON HAD BEEN SUBSEQUENTLY EXTENDED TO COVER EAST ON HONG KONG ISLAND A NEW SYSTEM WOULD SHORTLY BE INTRODUCED,
YEARS AGO
KOWLOON. HE SAID.
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