TNAG-1509-FCO40-2067-Hong-Kong-roads-and-traffic-legislation-1986 — Page 132

Annex B

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES OF THE CO-ORDINATION POLICY

In pursuit of the coordination policy, certain

specific objectives are identified:

a)

b)

the economies of scale and the off-street

advantages of the railways should be optimised;

on railway corridors where there is overall

adequate capacity, new bus routes should be

discouraged if

(i)

they parallel a rail corridor for a

substantial part of their length; or

(ii) the parallel road corridors are already

c)

d)

congested;

railway and ferry feeder services should be

encouraged where these are economically useful, as

far as possible through closer financial and

operational arrangements between the bus, ferry,

and rail operators. Rail and ferry operators

should be permitted to provide their own bus feeder

services where franchised companies do not wish to

do so;

Hong Kong and Yaumati Ferry Company should be

encouraged to rationalise further its cross harbour

services.