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TRAVEL CHARACTERISTICS SURVEY

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1993

THE TRAVEL CHARACTERISTICS SURVEY,

DEPARTMENT TO COLLECT UP-TO-DATE

COMMISSIONED BY

TRANSPORT TRANSPORT

TRAVEL DATA FOR FUTURE

PLANNING STUDIES, HAS RECENTLY BEEN COMPLETED.

RESULTS OF THE SURVEY SHOW THAT ALTHOUGH THE LICENSED CARS HAS DOUBLED SINCE 1973, THE PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLDS HAS REMAINED AT 13%, THE SAME AS THAT FOUND IN PREVIOUS

SURVEYS IN 1973 AND 1981.

NUMBER OF CAR-OWNING

THE

TWO

(FRIDAY):

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY "ON AN AVERAGE WEEKDAY IN 1992, SOME 10,300,000 TRIPS WERE MADE IN THE TERRITORY. THIS WAS ALMOST DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF TRIPS MADE IN AND WAS 25% HIGHER THAN IN 1981.'

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1973

THE NUMBER OF TRIPS PER PERSON HAS RISEN FROM 1.27 PER DAY 1973 TO 1.58 IN 1981, AND 1.85 IN 1992.

IN

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE INCREASE WAS DUE то CHANGES IN STRUCTURE, INCREASED WEALTH, CHANGES IN AVAILABILITY OF BETTER TRANSPORT FACILITIES.

AGE

LAND

USE,

AND

THE

"SINCE 1973, PUBLIC TRANSPORT TRIPS HAVE GROWN MUCH THAN TRIPS BY PRIVATE TRANSPORT (CARS AND TAXIS).

FASTER

"

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE PROPORTION OF TRIPS BY PRIVATE TRANSPORT DECREASED FROM 27% IN 1973 TO 22% IN 1981 AND FURTHER TO 20% IN 1992.

THE MAJOR GROWTH IN PUBLIC TRANSPORT TRIPS HAS BEEN BY THE TOTAL DAILY BOARDINGS HAVE INCREASED FROM 740,000 IN 1981 2,670,000 IN 1992.

RAIL.

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FEW

"OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS, BUS AND PUBLIC LIGHT BUS HAVE EXTRA PASSENGERS AND THE FERRIES HAVE SUFFERED SIGNIFICANT PATRONAGE LOSS TO THE MTR AND CROSS-HARBOUR BUSES SAID.

GAINED

THE

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SPOKESMAN

IN TERMS OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF TRIPS THE PERCENTAGE OF TRIPS HAS DECREASED FROM 17% IN 1981 TO 13% IN 1992.

SCHOOL

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THIS WAS DUE то THE REDUCTION IN PROPORTION OF STUDENTS IN THE POPULATION.

THE

TRIPS FOR OTHER PURPOSES, SUCH

RECREATIONAL

AS BUSINESS, AND SOCIAL TRIPS, HAVE INCREASED BY 40%. FORMED ABOUT 51% OF THE TOTAL TRIP-MAKING IN 1992.

SHOPPING, TOGETHER THEY

DESPITE THE INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF TRIPS, AVERAGE TIMES WERE SHORTER IN 1992 THAN IN 1981."

JOURNEY

/THE SPOKESMAN