MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1994
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BENEFIT SOME "IN SHORT, WHILE ACCEPTING THAT THE PROPOSAL MAY OPERATORS AND PASSENGERS, THE EFFECT WILL NOT APPLY UNIFORMLY GMB OPERATORS AND ALL PASSENGERS IN THE TERRITORY, VASTLY DIFFERENT CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH THEY OPERATE.
GMB ALL
"THERE
ALSO
GIVEN THE
OTHER
PUBLIC
FOR EXAMPLE, FRANCHISED
MAY
BE ADVERSE IMPLICATIONS
FOR AND OTHER PASSENGERS, TRANSPORT OPERATORS BUSES WHICH CARRY 34 PER CENT OF OUR DAILY COMMUTERS.
IT
IN ANY CASE, THE VIEWS AND PROPOSALS OF THE ASSOCIATION WILL BE ON THE INTO FULL ACCOUNT
THE CONSULTATION PROCESS IN GOVERNMENT'S PROPOSED MEASURES TO ADDRESS TRAFFIC CONGESTION, HE SAID.
TAKEN
WAS
TECHNICALLY
IT SPOKESMAN NOTED THAT
FEASIBLE TO THE INCREASE THE SEATING CAPACITY OF GMBS, AND SUCH INCREASE MIGHT HAVE A BENEFICIAL EFFECT ON FARES FOR SOME GMB ROUTES.
ON THE OTHER HAND, THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT THERE BE THE FOLLOWING DISADVANTAGES:
WOULD
I.
IT WOULD REDUCE THE LEVEL OF PASSENGER COMFORT IN GMBS;
II.
IT
WOULD KERBSIDE REQUIRED;
CAUSE TRAFFIC BOARDING AND
AS LONGER TIME FOR PROBLEMS
WILL BE ALIGHTING ACTIVITIES
III. GMBS PLAY A SUPPLEMENTARY ROLE IN THE
HIERARCHY, BY PROVIDING A MORE FREQUENT AND HIGHER QUALITY
PUBLIC TRANSPORT
USING SMALLER SERVICE
IN INCREASE DIVIDING LINE COMPETITION
VEHICLES THAN
BUSES.
FURTHER
SEATING
WOULD ERODE BETWEEN GMBS AND BUSES, AND TO FRANCHISED PUBLIC BUSES.
THIS
ROLE,
BLUR
THE
POSE
GREATER
SOME ROUTES
IV.
OPERATED BY THE LATTER WITH MARGINAL VIABILITY AND PARTIAL COMPETITION FROM GMBS MAY HAVE TO BE ABANDONED OR MAY HAVE TO BE INCREASINGLY SUBSIDISED BY OTHER MORE VIABLE ROUTES;
AS A RESULT OF (III), THERE COULD BE GREATER PRESSURE
FARES, BUS
TRANSPORT BRACKET: AND
WHICH ARE USED BY PASSENGERS BELONGING
THE
ΤΟ
ON MAJORITY OF PUBLIC THE LOWER INCOME
V.
ΤΟ
WHICH
FOUR ALSO, IT EXERCISE
FURTHERMORE, THE PACE OF CONVERSION FROM RED MINIBUS (RMB)
A NEW WOULD
GMB ROUTE BE SLOWED DOWN. GMB REQUIRES, SAY, FIVE 16-SEAT RMBS WOULD ONLY REQUIRE 20-SEAT RMBS IF SEATING CAPACITY WERE INCREASED. HAS BEEN THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT'S PRACTICE TO CONSIDERABLE DISCRETION AND FLEXIBILITY TO INTRODUCE GMB ROUTES WHICH PARTLY DUPLICATE FRANCHISED BUS ROUTES, OFTEN THIS IS FOR BY OVERRULING OBJECTION FROM BUS OPERATORS. THE SAKE OF ENHANCING PUBLIC SERVICE WITHOUT SIGNIFICANTLY
THE
BUS SERVICES VIABILITY OF CERTAIN HURTING BECAUSE THE CAPACITY AND MODE OF OPERATION OF GMBS
GMBS DIFFERENT. WHILE INCREASING THE SEATING CAPACITY OF MAY WELL IMPROVE THEIR VIABILITY, IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THE INTERNAL BALANCE AND RELATIVITIES
THE PUBLIC WITHIN TRANSPORT HIERARCHY, THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT WILL HAVE NO MUCH ALTERNATIVE BUT TO APPLY ITS PLANNING CRITERIA IN A MORE RIGID MANNER THE OUTCOME WILL BE A NET LOSS TO то ALTHOUGH IT MAY BE A NET GAIN TRAVELLING PUBLIC
SIMPLY
ARE
THE
GMB
OPERATORS.
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