1964-1965 — Page 70

Public Works Department Annual Report 工務司署年報 All AI Reviewed

Public Transport

4.100. The Public Transport issue has featured strongly in the press over the past year. Together with the activities of the Advisory Committee on Public Transport, this has meant a bigger concentration than ever of staff time on public transport matters. Constructive suggestions and designs have been prepared to deal with many aspects of the problem, including bus stop locations and facilities, termini, routes and concourses.

4.101. On many issues, however, decisions have been based (from sheer lack of alternative) on personal opinions. This should soon be remedied by the work of the Passenger Transport Survey Unit which was set up as a branch of the Traffic Engineering Division under the direct control of Mr. DALBY of the U.K. Road Research Laboratory in August, 1964. During the remainder of the year under review, this Unit completed surveys on journey times by trams, bus and car over all the available routes in the urban areas. It has set up a traffic counting system yielding data on traffic flow throughout any 24-hour period in some 47 different locations. It also conducted an interview survey on the travel habits of 20,000 school children and substantially completed a survey of the parking facilities available in the urban area and their usage. In preparation for the main survey in the summer of 1965, a pilot interview survey has been completed for all transport users covering private cars, taxis, buses, trams, ferries and the railway. Preparations have been made for the staffing and design of the main interview survey to be conducted in the summer, and everything is on schedule despite a late start.

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4.102. Up to August, some 90 special traffic counts were carried out in connection with the design work of the Traffic Engineering Division. Thereafter, the Public Transport Survey Unit took over counting as an integral part of its work and a further 12 major counts were completed.

4.103. One major investigation carried out as a joint effort was a 'tag survey' of vehicles entering and leaving the Central District of Hong Kong Island during the morning and evening peak hours respectively. Every fourth vehicle was labelled and then traced through the district by stationing observers, thus yielding numerical origin and destination data. This data was used to formulate proposals for the re-routing of traffic in the Central District with a view to making the best use of the existing road network.

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Public Transport 4.100. The Public Transport issue has featured strongly in the press over the past year. Together with the activities of the Advisory Committee on Public Transport, this has meant a bigger concentration than ever of staff time on public transport matters. Constructive suggestions and designs have been prepared to deal with many aspects of the problem, including bus stop locations and facilities, termini, routes and concourses. 4.101. On many issues, however, decisions have been based (from sheer lack of alternative) on personal opinions. This should soon be remedied by the work of the Passenger Transport Survey Unit which was set up as a branch of the Traffic Engineering Division under the direct control of Mr. DALBY of the U.K. Road Research Laboratory in August, 1964. During the remainder of the year under review, this Unit completed surveys on journey times by trams, bus and car over all the available routes in the urban areas. It has set up a traffic counting system yielding data on traffic flow throughout any 24-hour period in some 47 different locations. It also conducted an interview survey on the travel habits of 20,000 school children and substantially completed a survey of the parking facilities available in the urban area and their usage. In preparation for the main survey in the summer of 1965, a pilot interview survey has been completed for all transport users covering private cars, taxis, buses, trams, ferries and the railway. Preparations have been made for the staffing and design of the main interview survey to be conducted in the summer, and everything is on schedule despite a late start. Investigations 4.102. Up to August, some 90 special traffic counts were carried out in connection with the design work of the Traffic Engineering Division. Thereafter, the Public Transport Survey Unit took over counting as an integral part of its work and a further 12 major counts were completed. 4.103. One major investigation carried out as a joint effort was a 'tag survey' of vehicles entering and leaving the Central District of Hong Kong Island during the morning and evening peak hours respectively. Every fourth vehicle was labelled and then traced through the district by stationing observers, thus yielding numerical origin and destination data. This data was used to formulate proposals for the re-routing of traffic in the Central District with a view to making the best use of the existing road network. 49

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Public Transport 4.100. The Public Transport issue has featured strongly in the press over the past year. Together with the activities of the Advisory Com- mittee on Public Transport, this has meant a bigger concentration than ever of staff time on public transport matters. Constructive suggestions and designs have been prepared to deal with many aspects of the problem, including bus stop locations and facilities, termini, routes and concourses. 4.101. On many issues, however, decisions have been based (from sheer lack of alternative) on personal opinions. This should soon be remedied by the work of the Passenger Transport Survey Unit which was set up as a branch of the Traffic Engineering Division under the direct control of Mr. DALBY of the U.K. Road Research Laboratory in August, 1964. During the remainder of the year under review, this Unit completed surveys on journey times by trams, bus and car over all the available routes in the urban areas. It has set up a traffic counting system yielding data on traffic flow throughout any 24 hour period in some 47 different locations. It also conducted an interview survey on the travel habits of 20,000 school children and substantially completed a survey of the parking facilities available in the urban area and their usage. In preparation for the main survey in the summer of 1965, a pilot interview survey has been completed for all transport users covering private cars, taxis, buses, trams, ferries and the railway. Preparations have been made for the staffing and design of the main interview survey to be conducted in the summer, and everything is on schedule despite a late start. Investigations 4.102. Up to August some 90 special traffic counts were carried out in connection with the design work of the Traffic Engineering Division. Thereafter the Public Transport Survey Unit took over counting as an integral part of its work and a further 12 major counts were completed. 4.103. One major investigation carried out as a joint effort was a 'tag survey' of vehicles entering and leaving the Central District of Hong Kong Island during the morning and evening peak hours respectively. Every fourth vehicle was labelled and then traced through the district by stationing observers, thus yielding numerical origin and destination data. This data was used to formulate proposals for the re-routing of traffic in the Central District with a view to making the best use of the existing road network. 49

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4.100. The Public Transport issue has featured strongly in the press over the past year. Together with the activities of the Advisory Com- mittee on Public Transport, this has meant a bigger concentration than ever of staff time on public transport matters. Constructive suggestions and designs have been prepared to deal with many aspects of the problem, including bus stop locations and facilities, termini, routes and concourses.

4.101. On many issues, however, decisions have been based (from sheer lack of alternative) on personal opinions. This should soon be remedied by the work of the Passenger Transport Survey Unit which was set up as a branch of the Traffic Engineering Division under the direct control of Mr. DALBY of the U.K. Road Research Laboratory in August, 1964. During the remainder of the year under review, this Unit completed surveys on journey times by trams, bus and car over all the available routes in the urban areas. It has set up a traffic counting system yielding data on traffic flow throughout any 24 hour period in some 47 different locations. It also conducted an interview survey on the travel habits of 20,000 school children and substantially completed a survey of the parking facilities available in the urban area and their usage. In preparation for the main survey in the summer of 1965, a pilot interview survey has been completed for all transport users covering private cars, taxis, buses, trams, ferries and the railway. Preparations have been made for the staffing and design of the main interview survey to be conducted in the summer, and everything is on schedule despite a late start.

Investigations

4.102. Up to August some 90 special traffic counts were carried out in connection with the design work of the Traffic Engineering Division. Thereafter the Public Transport Survey Unit took over counting as an integral part of its work and a further 12 major counts were completed.

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