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MONDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1989
EFFECTIVE USE OF AND EFFICIENT
ESSENTIAL ROAD A LEVEL WITH WHICH THE ROAD
FEW DISPUTED THE BROAD PRINCIPLES OF MAKING
ΤΟ MORE ROAD SPACE, GIVING PRIORITY USERS, AND MANAGING TRAVEL DEMAND TO SYSTEM COULD COPE.
HE SPACE,
SAID, OF MODERN TRAFFIC AND IMPROVEMENTS
AS REGARDS EFFECTIVE USE OF ROAD
DETTER USE CONSIDERABLE SUPPORT FOR TECHNOLOGY TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW, FACILITIES TO SEGREGATE THEM FROM VEHICULAR TRAFFIC.
STRONG CALL
FOR
BETTER
THERE WAS MANAGEMENT IN PEDESTRIAN
CO-ORDINATION AND
THERE WAS ALSO A SUPERVISION OF ROAD WORKS TO MINIMISE TRAFFIC DISRUPTIONS.
BUSES SHOULD
ROAD SPACE ΤΟ MAXIMISE
MR LEUNG SAID THERE WAS A GENERAL CONSENSUS THAT CONTINUE TO BE GIVEN PRIORITY IN THE USE OF THE EFFICIENCY OF THIS MASS CARRIER.
ENSURE ADEQUATE
BUT SOME CAUTIONED THAT THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD USE OF THE BUS LANES TO AVOID UNDER-UTILISATION, HE SAID.
CRITICISMS WERE MADE THAT AS REGARDS COVERAGE. HE SAID THAT
THE THE PROPOSED STRATEGY HAD NOT ADDRESSED OR ADDRESSED SUFFICIENTLY
FUTURE PORT AND AIRPORT ISSUES OF TRANSPORT LINKS FOR
FACILITIES,
CO-ORDINATION OF LAND USE AND
PLANNING, ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT PROTECTION, TRANSPORT FOR THE DISABLED AND ROAD SAFETY.
PORT AND AIRPORT FACILITIES "THE TRANSPORT LINKS FOR FUTURE WERE CONSIDERED AS
AND
AND PORT
AIRPORT PART
OF THE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY STUDY WHICH WAS ANNOUNCED ON OCTOBER 11.
PARCEL
"THEY
BE WILL
INCLUDED IN THE
TRANSPORT HE SAID.
DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY IN THE WHITE PAPER,
INFRASTRUCTURE
BETTER
MR LEUNG SAID THERE WAS OVERWHELMING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR CO-ORDINATION OF LAND USE AND TRANSPORT PLANNING TO REDUCE PRESSURE ON TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICES.
HE SAID THE WHITE PAPER WOULD SET OUT CLEAR ON THIS ASPECT.
POLICY INTENTIONS
ROAD SAFETY.
SIMILARLY. MORE WOULD BE SAID ON WAYS TO
PROMOTE AND IMPROVE
THE DISABLED
OF INTEGRATION ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND INTO THE SOCIETY. HE SAID THEY WERE ESTABLISHED GOVERNMENT POLICIES.
ALTHOUGH THESE
WERE SUBJECTS OUTSIDE THE
OBJECTIVES IN
TRANSPORT
POLICY WORK THESE AREAS, MR
PORTFOLIO. THE TRANSPORT STRATEGY WOULD TAKE FULL ACCOUNT OF AND TOWARDS ACHIEVING THE
GOVERNMENT'S
LEUNG ADDED.
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