FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1,
1989
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OPENING OF AREA TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM
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TRAFFIC LIGHTS AT 160 ROAD JUNCTIONS ON HONG BROUGHT UNDER THE CONTROL OF A NEW CENTRAL COMPUTER OPENING OF THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT'S HONG KONG AREA (HKATC) SYSTEM.
OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY
KONG ISLAND
SYSTEM
WITH
ARE
THE
TRAFFIC CONTROL
CHAIRMAN THE HKATC, CAPABILITY
ΤΟ
AND
TRAFFIC CUT
TODAY (FRIDAY), OF THI TRANSPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, MISS MARIA TAM, SAID ONE OF THE MOST ADVANCED SYSTEMS IN THE WORLD, HAD THE
то
IN CHANGES RESPONSE IN OPERATE TRAFFIC LIGHT SIGNALS
ROAD ON THE CONGESTION CONDITIONS AND WOULD HELP RELIEVE JOURNEY TIME OF THE TRAVELLING PUBLIC.
SAID
AT
THE ACTING COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT, MR PANG HAU-CHUNG, AT THE CEREMONY THAT THE SYSTEM WAS CAPABLE OF CONTROLLING TRAFFIC
THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT AND THAT JUNCTIONS
то THE MORE THAN 300 ROAD INTENDED TO CONNECT MOST OF THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS ON THE ISLAND SYSTEM IN PHASES.
SYSTEM IN KOWLOON, WHICH BE
REDUCING EFFECTIVE IN
MR PANG POINTED OUT THAT A SIMILAR WAS INSTALLED 12 YEARS AGO, HAD PROVED TO CONGESTION AND ACHIEVED ABOUT 30 PER CENT SAVINGS IN JOURNEY TIME.
INCLUDED THE
PROVISION
OF
A
A
PROJECT THE $65 MILLION HKATC CENTRAL COMPUTER SYSTEM, TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS, VEHICLE DETECTORS AND DEDICATED CABLE NETWORK.
THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS ON HONG KONG ISLAND ARE DIVIDED INTO
IS UNDER THE EACH OF WHICH SEPARATE GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS, SUPERVISION OF A DEDICATED COMPUTER IN THE CONTROL CENTRE.
EIGHT DIRECT
THE CO-ORDINATION OF THESE EIGHT SEPARATE COMPUTERS IS
WITH OPERATOR THE BY TWO OTHER COMPUTERS WHICH ALSO PROVIDE CONTROL OF THE SIGNALS AS AND WHEN REQUIRED.
HANDLED DIRECT
IN THE PREVAILING TRAFFIC
THE SYSTEM ALSO INCLUDES AN ADDITIONAL CONTROL THE SPLIT CYCLE AND OFFSET OPTIMISATION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.
THIS PACKAGE ENABLES THE SYSTEM TO RESPOND TO
WHICH CONDITIONS, DETECTORS AT SELECTED ROAD INTERSECTIONS.
(SCOOT) TECHNIQUE
PACKAGE CALLED DEVELOPED
INSTANT CHANGES ARE MONITORED
THROUGH
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