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BUS ROUTE, FLEET

DEPOT

AND THE PLAN INCLUDES PROGRAMMES ON DEVELOPMENT, AND FINANCIAL FORECASTS FOR THE FIVE YEARS ENDING 1995.

THE

TAC'S

ON ROUTE DEVELOPMENT, MEMBERS NOTED THAT KMB, IN PREPARING

INTO CONSIDERATION THE TAKEN LATEST PROGRAMME, HAS ALREADY

OF NETWORK EFFICIENCY, CRITICAL REVIEW FOR A CRITICAL ADVICE ON THE NEED THEREBY MAKING FULLER USE OF ITS EXISTING FLEET.

AND 107 SERVICE

IMPROVEMENT CERTAIN

KMB HAS PLANS FOR 29 NEW ROUTES ITEMS TO SERVE NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND TO MEET RISING DEMAND FOR EXISTING SERVICES.

THESE INCLUDE 10 AIR-CONDITIONED SERVICES AND THE CONVERSION OF

IN SERVICES.

ADDITION, 48 AIR-CONDITIONED FOUR EXISTING ROUTES TO AIR-CONDITIONED DOUBLE DECKERS ARE PROPOSED FOR DEPLOYMENT EXISTING CROSS HARBOUR ROUTES IN THE SUMMER MONTHS.

ON EIGHT

NOW CONDUCTING

MEMBERS NOTED THAT THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT IS

CHARACTERISTICS AND ECONOMICS OF A STUDY ON THE OPERATING

A MORE BALANCED AIR-CONDITIONED SERVICES WITH A VIEW TO FORMULATING

HAVING AIR-CONDITIONED BUS SERVICES, AND REALISTIC FARE SCALE FOR REGARD TO VIEWS EXPRESSED BY THE DISTRICT BOARDS,

AS AND

PASSENGERS MIGHT THE DISTRICT BOARDS WERE CONCERNED THAT SOME BE FORCED TO USE THE AIR-CONDITIONED SERVICES AT HIGHER FARES WHEN MORE CONVENTIONAL BUS SERVICES ARE GRADUALLY PHASED OUT.

KMB'S. AIR-CONDITIONED

TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT WOULD TAC MEMBERS WERE ASSURED THAT THE

OF DEVELOPMENT MONITOR CLOSELY

PERFORMANCE FINANCIAL ACCOUNT THEIR TAKING SERVICES, CUSTOMER FEEDBACK.

THE FURTHER

INTO

ARE PLANS

FOR FURTHER

RATIONALISING

THERE SERVICES OR SERVICES FOR WHICH THE DEMAND IS FALLING.

AND

LOSS-INCURRING

KMB HAS NOT IMPLEMENTED SOME SERVICE RATIONALISATION

OR COUNTER-PROPOSALS ARE

BEING FORMULATED

THE FROM AND

PROPOSALS DISTRICT

THE

DISTRICT

BOARDS WILL BE FURTHER CONSULTED.

IN THE LIGHT OF OBJECTIONS BOARDS. REVISED PROPOSALS

BE A

SHORTFALL

AND IN

TAC MEMBERS WERE ALSO BRIEFED ON KMB'S FINANCIAL FORECASTS NOTED THAT, AT EXISTING FARE LEVELS, THERE WOULD PERMITTED RETURN IN ALL FIVE YEARS COVERED BY THE PLAN.

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