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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1991
TAC RECOMMENDS 200 URBAN TAXI LICENCES
TODAY (TUESDAY) FOR THIS YEAR,
THE
TRANSPORT
ADVISORY
COMMITTEE (TAC) RECOMMENDED THE ISSUE OF 200 NEW URBAN TAXI LICENCES BUT NONE FOR NEW TERRITORIES TAXI LICENCES FOR THIS YEAR.
THE TAC ALSO
ΤΟ DECIDED
TAKE ANOTHER
LOOK
AT THE
FUTURE
ISSUING OF TAXI LICENCES SHORTLY.
IN MAKING THE RECOMMENDATIONS, THE TAC HAD TAKEN
SERVICES
THE AVAILABILITY OF TAXI
TRADE, THE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT LICENCES PREMIUM.
INTO ACCOUNT THE FINANCIAL POSITION OF THE IMPLICATIONS AND THE LEVEL OF TAXI
TAXI
+
DEMAND
BY
THE
SURVEYS CONDUCTED
SINCE LAST YEAR, BOTH THE AVERAGE PASSENGER WAITING IN THE AVAILABILITY OF
REFERENCE WITH
TO TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT, TAC MEMBERS NOTED THAT THE PERCENTAGE OF OCCUPIED TAXIS AND TIME HAD DROPPED, SIGNIFYING AN IMPROVEMENT URBAN TAXI SERVICES.
MANAGEMENT
PERSPECTIVE,
THERE WAS
IN
LITTLE BECAUSE THE TOTAL THE
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TRAFFIC FROM THE JUSTIFICATION FOR ANY DRASTIC INCREASE IN URBAN TAXI LICENCES
30 PER CENT TAXIS ACCOUNTED FOR AN AVERAGE OF ABOUT
THAN HALF OF THE TRAFFIC TRAFFIC IN URBAN AREAS AND MORE MORNING PEAK HOURS AT CERTAIN BUSY LOCATIONS.
RISING PREMIUM OF URBAN TAXI MORE SHOULD BE ISSUED
HOWEVER, HAVING REGARD TO THE LICENCES, THE TAC CONSIDERED THAT RELATIVELY FOR THIS YEAR COMPARED WITH 150 LICENCES ISSUED LAST YEAR.
TAC THE
NOTED TAXIS,
DESPITE THE THAT ON NEW TERRITORIES
THE NUMBER OF UNLICENSED NT FREEZE OF NT TAXI LICENCES LAST YEAR,
THE PAST TWO YEARS AND THESE TAXIS HAD REMAINDED AT ABOUT 280 IN
OPERATION IMMEDIATELY IF DEMAND UNLICENSED TAXIS COULD BE PUT INTO EXISTED.
THAT
THE CURRENT
NUMBER OF NT TAXIS AS SURVEYS HAD SHOWN APPEARED TO BE MEETING EXISTING MARKET DEMAND, THE TAC RECOMMENDED NOT TO ISSUE ANY NT TAXI LICENCE THIS YEAR.
ALSO
A RECEIVED
ON THE REPORT TAC CITYBUS' FRANCHISED BUS SERVICE BETWEEN
AT THE
THE MEETING,
FIRST-MONTH OPERATIONS OF CENTRAL AND MACDONNELL ROAD.
ON COMMENCED
THE NEW SERVICE, ROUTE 12A, NINE DOUBLE-DECK AIR-CONDITIONED BUSES PLYING AT A FIVE AND 10 MINUTES.
11.
SEPTEMBER
HAD FREQUENCY BETWEEN
QUALITY OF
THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT'S SURVEYS SHOWED THAT THE THE NEW SERVICE HAD BEEN REASONABLY WELL RECEIVED BY PASSENGERS.
MEMBERS WERE INFORMED THAT THE AVERAGE WORKING DAY REACHED 1,700 PASSENGERS IN STEADY INCREASE SINCE MID SEPTEMBER.
EARLY
DAILY PATRONAGE ON A OCTOBER, FOLLOWING A
/SINCE THE ...................