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Bus commuting times

Following is a question by the Hon Christine Loh Kung-wai and a written reply by the Secretary for Transport, Mr Haider Barma, in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):

Question:

The recent Report of the Working Party on Measures to Reduce Traffic Congestion stated that the Government's transport policy "is founded on improving transport infrastructure, expanding the provision and improving the quality of public transport and managing road use." To this end, will the Administration inform this Council:

(a)

(b)

(c)

of the respective commuting times by public transport from 17 major population centres throughout the territory (namely Chai Wan, North Point, Causeway Bay. Wan Chai, Kennedy Town, Aberdeen. Kwun Tong, Sha Tin, Tai Po, Sham Shui Po, Kowloon City, Wong Tai Sin. Kwai Tsing. Tsuen Wan, Tuen Mun, Yuen Long and Mui Wo) to the main business districts of Tsim Sha Tsui and C'entral:

of the respective increase/decrease in these commuting times in the last two years; and

whether the Transport Branch will set performance targets to lower these commuting times?

Reply:

Mr President,

Bus commuting times from major population centres to Tsim Sha Tsui and Central are provided in the Annex. These figures are based on data provided by the franchised bus operators and statistics from surveys conducted by Transport Department.