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Wednesday, July 4, 1973
"Consideration is being given, for instance, to the creation of
bus only lanes and even some roads which will be confined entirely to
public transport, at least at certain hours of the day."
Where this was not feasible, he went on, other measures were
being locked at to ban the loading and unloading of goods vehicles at
certain times of the day when congestion was at its worst.
The government was also examining plans submitted recently by
the two bus companies for expanding their existing fleets.
Kowloon Motor Bus had already taken action in this regard with
its expansion of services in the New Territories, including an increase
in the number of routes from 36 to 48 and the provision of nearly 100
additional double deck buses on these routes as well as two experimental
long distance express services with no standing passengers.
In addition, proposals were being studied to improve the standard
and comfort of buses in order to induce those who would otherwise use
private cars or public light buses to make more use of buses.
The two bus companies were also considering introducing a higher
standard of buses on certain routes at somewhat higher fares for those
who wished to travel in greater comfort, he said.
The Financial Secretary emphasised that these were only examples and
other possibilities to improve bus services were being considered.
"The main point is that, to the extent that buses are able to
move more quickly and smoothly, not only are passengers able to cut
down their journey times but, by making more journeys, the buses can
carry more passengers thus cutting down the queueing time at bus stops
and speeding up journey times still further," he said.
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