Public Transport
4:64. The public transport issue received wide coverage in the press and this coupled with the setting-up of the Transport Advisory Committee resulted in a concentration of effort on the design and planning of bus stops, termini, routes and facilities. The Passenger Transport Survey Unit was able to provide data on passenger and vehicular journeys, so that designs could be based on fact rather than opinion.
4:65. During the summer months, the Unit completed the main interview survey of passenger movement by all methods of transport and immediately started processing the information by means of a computer. Altogether, some seven million items of information were collected and these will, when processed, form the basis of predictions of travel demand by the public.
4:66. Consultants were appointed in August, 1965 to investigate the feasibility of a colony-wide mass transportation system. Using information on travel habits provided by the Passenger Transport Survey Unit augmented by the results of their own investigations, the consultants considered several alternative methods of moving large numbers of people, including overhead and underground railways. Many alternative routes were analysed to derive the most economical solution compatible with the needs of the traveller. Although the consultants were behind schedule, owing to problems connected with data processing, substantial progress was made on the selection of the best routes for mass transit systems.
Investigations
4:67. The Passenger Transport Survey Unit completed a number of surveys during the year including half-yearly summaries of the traffic flow on traffic routes throughout the Colony; a survey of parking facilities and parking habits in the urban areas; studies of traffic behaviour at problem intersections by means of a 'time-lapse' camera and measurement of traffic volumes and travel time in the New Territories. The Traffic Engineering Division completed over 60 special traffic counts in connection with design work.
4:68. A report was completed on the problems, advantages and disadvantages associated with the replacement of the Hong Kong tramway system.
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Public Transport
4:64. The public transport issue received wide coverage in the press and this coupled with the setting-up of the Transport Advisory Com- mittee resulted in a concentration of effort on the design and planning of bus stops, termini, routes and facilities. The Passenger Transport Survey Unit was able to provide data on passenger and vehicular journeys, so that designs could be based on fact rather than opinion.
4.65. During the summer months, the Unit completed the main interview survey of passenger movement by all methods of transport and immediately started processing the information by means of a computer. Altogether, some seven million items of information were collected and these will, when processed, form the basis of predictions of travel demand by the public.
4.66. Consultants were appointed in August, 1965 to investigate the feasibility of a colony-wide mass transportation system. Using informa- tion on travel habits provided by the Passenger Transport Survey Unit augmented by the results of their own investigations, the consultants considered several alternative methods of moving large numbers of people, including overhead and underground railways. Many alternative routes were analysed to derive the most economical solution compatible with the needs of the traveller. Although the consultants were behind schedule, owing to problems connected with data processing, substantial progress was made on the selection of the best routes for mass transit systems.
Investigations
4.67. The Passenger Transport Survey Unit completed a number of surveys during the year including half-yearly summaries of the traffic flow on traffic routes throughout the Colony; a survey of parking facilities and parking habits in the urban areas; studies of traffic behaviour at problem intersections by means of a 'time-lapse' camera and measurement of traffic volumes and travel time in the New Territories. The Traffic Engineering Division completed over 60 special traffic counts in connexion with design work.
4.68. A report was completed on the problems, advantages and disadvantages associated with the replacement of the Hong Kong tram- way system.
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