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Table 2 Total Peak-hour Passenger Ridership by Mode at Queensway/
Harcourt Road Screenline
Vehicle Type
Bus
October 1980
Total Passenger Ridership
25,000 (including CMB and KMB
cross-harbour buses)
Tram
PLB
9,000
5,000
Total
39,000
2.6 From Table 2 it can be seen that the total peak-hour passenger
ridership crossing the screenline and passing/arriving at Admir- alty MTR Station is 39,000. Traffic congestion causes some late-running with the result that some bus and tram trips cannot be operated, thus forcing intending passengers
to wait longer
than normal for a vehicle to pick them up. A programme of
effective measures to enable buses and trams to run on time (e.g. bus and tram only lanes) would enable excessive waiting
times to be avoided.
2.7 West of Admiralty, actual passenger loadings decrease
We
as does the capacity supplied because of the transfer facility on to
the MTR for journeys across the harbour.
A passenger's choice of mode is sensitive to such factors as
overall journey time, comfort and fare. It is possible there-
fore that some of the pressure for public transport westbound
in the morning peak through Wanchai to Admiralty could be relieved if more buses were operated across the harbour from North Point and Causeway Bay and if there were a greater difference between the bus fare and the MTR fare.
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