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TUESDAY, MAY 22, 1990
TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT
THEY NOTED THAT FROM TIME TO TIME, THE UNDERTAKES CAR JOURNEY TIME SURVEYS DURING PEAK HOURS.
THESE SURVEYS SHOW THAT THE AVERAGE PEAK HOUR TRAFFIC SPEEDS VARIED FROM 20 TO 28.1 KILOMETRES PER HOUR BETWEEN 1979 AND 1989.
THE SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE AVERAGE TRAFFIC 1979 (20 KPH) AND 1984 (28.1 KPH) WAS DUE MAINLY TO THE OF A NUMBER OF MAJOR TRANSPORT PROJECTS, SUCH AS THE RAILWAY, THE ELECTRIFIED KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY AND
EASTFRN CORRIDOR.
SPEED BETWEEN
COMMISSIONING TRANSIT ISLAND
MASS THE
THE INTRODUCTION OF FISCAL RESTRAINT MEASURES IN RESPECT OF PRIVATE CARS IN MAY 1982 ALSO HELPED ΤΟ EASE THE TRAFFIC FLOW CONSIDERABLY.
AS A RESULT OF SUSTAINED ECONOMIC GROWTH, THE TOTAL VEHICLE 1987 FLEET, PARTICULARLY PRIVATE CARS, STARTED TO GROW AGAIN IN EARLY (25.7 KPH). THE GENERAL TRAFFIC SITUATION BEGAN то DETERIORATE GRADUALLY, BUT STEADILY, DROPPING FROM 28.1 KPH IN 1984 TO 21.5 IN JUNE 1989.
ACCORDING TO FIGURES AVAILABLE TO THE DEPARTMENT, AVERAGE PEAK HOUR TRAFFIC SPEEDS FOR SINGAPORE AND LONDON WERE AND 18.5 KPH RESPECTIVELY AS COMPARED TO 23.8 KPH FOR HONG KONG.
KPH
THE
26.7.
ON AVERAGE PEAK HOUR BUS SPEEDS, THE STUDY SHOWS HONG KONG STANDS AT 17.1 KPH AS COMPARED TO THE LOWEST OF 12 KPH IN THE CASE TOKYO AND THE HIGHEST OF 22.9 KPH AS IN THE CASE OF SEOUL.
OF
OTHER THAN TOKYO, HONG KONG STANDS AT A BETTER POSITION THAN KOBE AND OSAKA BUT COMES AFTER SINGAPORE, LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER AND BERLIN, OTHER THAN SEOUL.
MEMBERS NOTED THAT, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT HONG KONG'S HEAVY TRAFFIC DENSITY, THE AVERAGE PEAK HOUR BUS SPEED IN HONG KONG COMPARES FAVOURABLY WITH THOSE OF SOME CITIES.
MEANWHILE, THE COMMITTEE WAS ALSO BRIEFED ON THE PROGRESS OF A CONSULTANCY STUDY ON THE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OF THE CHINA MOTOR BUS COMPANY.
MEMBERS NOTED THAT AN INITIAL REPORT HAD BEEN COMPLETED AND A FINAL REPORT WAS EXPECTED TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT BY THE END OF MAY.
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