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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1987

TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT MEASURES MAKE ROADS SAFER

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THE SUCCESS OF TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT MEASURES APPLIED TO MAKE OPTIMUM USE OF AVAILABLE ROAD SPACE FOR THE SAFE AND EFFICIENT TROVEMENTS OF PEOPLE AND GOODS DEPENDS VERY MUCH ON THE CO-OPERA FION P ROAD USERS, THE COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT, MR JAMES 30, SAID THIS VENING (TUESDAY).

SPEAKING TO THE LIONS CLUB OF THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR SO +MPHASISED THAT PUBLIC CONSULTATION

IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE PROCESS OF DRAWING UP NEW TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SCHEMES.

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"THUS DISTRICT TRAFFIC ENGINEERS, WHEN DESIGNING SUCH MEASURES, DO NOT ONLY MONITOR CLOSELY THE TRAFFIC CONDITIONS ON THE GROUND, BUT CONSULT WITH THE DISTRICT BOARD'S TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT MHITEE AND AREA COMMITTEES TO EXPLAIN MATTERS TO THE PUBLIC AND ΤΟ 11. BLIC VIEWS AND REACTION TO THE PROPOSALS MADE.

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GENERALLY, THE COMMISSIONER SAID, THE MANY TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT 1 INTRODUCED THROUGHOUT THE YEARS HAD ACHIEVED THEIR PURPOSE

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IN RELIEVING TRAFFIC CONGESTION AND MAKING ROADS SAFER.

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I HOPE WITH THE FXPERTISE I HAVE GOT IN MY DEPARTMENT AND THE ADA DOG AND CO-OPERATION GIVEN BY THE PUBLIC, WE SHALL BE APPLY TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT MEASURES MORE EFFECTIVELY IN FUTURE OUR ROADS SAFER AND SMOOTHER TO TRAVEL ON, MR SO ADDED.

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OUTLINING THE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT MEASURES COMMONLY USED IN HONG KONG, MR SO SAID THAT WORKS ARE NOW IN HAND TO EXTEND FURTHER TILE COMPUTERISED AREA TRAFFIC CONTROL (ATC) SYSTEM TO WONG TAI SIN AND 1,ẤN TONG IN EAST KOWLOON AND THE NORTHERN SHORE OF HONG KONG ISLAND.

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NOTING THAT THE ATC SYSTEM HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO OTHER AREAS IT WAS FIRST INTRODUCED IN WEST KOWLOON IN 1976, THE COMMISSIONER SAID THAT THE USE OF TRAFFIC SIGNALS AND COMPUTERISED AREA TRAFFIC CONTROL MEASURES IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY COMMONPLACE AN EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT TOOL.

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"THE USE OF COMPUTERS ALLOWS GOOD CO-ORDINATION OF TRAFFIC SIGNALS. THIS HAS RESULTED IN SMOOTH PROGRESSION OF TRAFFIC ALONG THE MAIN ROADS THEREBY REDUCING DELAYS.

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"THE COMPUTER CAN STORE MANY SIGNAL PLANS AND ADJUST THE CYCLE TIME OF EACH SIGNAL TO SUIT VARYING TRAFFIC CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND ON AN AREA-WIDE BASIS, IT CAN ALSO ACCORD PRIORITY ΤΟ EMERGENCY VEHICLES ALONG CERTAIN MAJOR ROUTES, MR SO SAID.

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MR SO SAID OTHER TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT MEASURES APPLIED INCLUDE THE IMPOSITION OF STOPPING RESTRICTIONS, SEGREGATION OF VEHICLE AND PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC, LIMITING ON-STREET PARKING, INTRODUCTION OF BUS PRIORITY LANES AND USE OF THE ONE-WAY STREET SYSTEM.

/HOWEVER, MR SO