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Balancing the Need to Travel with the Need to Improve Our Quality of Life

Sustainable Transport Opportunities for the Harbourfront

Presented by Mr Fred Brown, Chief Executive, The MVA Group

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MVA HONG KONG LTD.

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World China Pearl River Delta Hong Kong HARBOUR AREA Neighbourhoods People

A World City A Liveable City

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The Harbour – The Image of Hong Kong

The centre piece of Hong Kong

Commerce
Entertainment
Tourism
Transport
Homes

A Supe r- I co n A Supe r- I co n

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Hong Kong Reclamation

Originally a resource to accommodate urban growth and economic development Now seen as an asset in itself to be maintained for the community

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Sustainable Development : Evolution of Priorities

Adjusting transport strategies to meet balanced economic, environmental and social development

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Pollution in Hong Kong

Asia’s World City with a Third World Environment

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Extending Consultation to Participation, Implementation and Travel Choice

A better educated and more affluent public want more involvement and can bring new insights and ideas Participation in the process to enable the public to take on greater civic responsibilities and make better choices

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Policy Directions

Priority to rail and public transport
Balanced infrastructure development
Managing road use including vehicle
wnership restraint
Promoting environmentally friendly

modes

Promoting walking and pedestrian

facilities The challenge is to turn policy statements into coordinated plans and implement them

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Boundary Crossings and Modes

Destination for International and Cross-boundary Travel

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Future Railway Network

By 2021 Rail Network Coverage will Approach International Levels Providing the Opportunity for Sustainable Transport Initiatives

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Future Highway Network

Future Roads for Planning and Environmental Objectives not just to Meet Traffic Growth

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Bus Network Optimisation

World Class Bus System
Environmentally Advanced Vehicles
Lack of Integration with Rail
Greater

Priority?

Reorientation

as Railways Expand?

Maintain

Choice?

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Role of Our Streets

Streets were once for people and public transport but now are

ften seen as movement space for vehicles with poor

environments

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Changing the Mindset

What We Don’t Want What We Want

Resource waste
Economic costs
Social dislocation
Environmental deterioration
People-oriented
Energy efficient
High mobility

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Car Ownership and Traffic Growth

Hong Kong must continue to contain traffic levels for economic, social and environmental reasons - HOW In the 1980s Hong Kong had the foresight to restrain vehicle ownership

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Containing Traffic Growth

Objectives – congestion, environment, economic

Ownership Restraint Successful since early 1980s fundamental policy Network Management Reallocation of roadspace to more efficient users and for planning and environmental purposes Changing Behaviour - Voluntary car pooling / staggered flows, limited impact in Hong Kong

Complex issues requiring full public participation and concensus

Changing Behaviour – Pricing Congestion charging / Eco charging Reduced traffic by 15-25%

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Road Map to Sustainable Transport

Bringing the components together to form a strategy which meets the community needs

Rail

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Overarching Objectives

Promote the harbour, waterfronts and immediate

hinterland as the centrepiece of Hong Kong.

Facilitate residents and visitors to access, move

around in and participate in social and economic activities in a vibrant, safe, secure and healthy environment.

Develop the opportunities and roles of citizens

and travellers in contributing to sustainable development through travel choice.

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Transportation Objectives

Provide a multi-modal inclusive transport system to

meet the needs of all travellers.

Create a comprehensive people-oriented travel

environment to maximise opportunities for walking, social interaction and mobility.

Promote the use of environmentally friendly mass

carriers, especially railways and modern road-based public transport.

Respect and capitalise on essential transport

infrastructure provision.

Contain road traffic growth to prevent traffic

congestion and help resolve street level air quality and noise problems

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Central and Wanchai : Opportunities

Transport to support new development concepts

Source : Designing Hong Kong

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Future Harbour Area Road Network

A largely underground strategic network provides opportunities to reorientate surface road hierarchies to favour pedestrians and public transport – not just to permit traffic growth

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Integrated Transport Plan

Central and Wanchai Example

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Reordering the Road Network Hierarchy

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Future Railway Network in Harbourfront Area

All activity areas

within 500m of a railway station

Multi-modal hubs

integrating rail and bus

Hubs to distribute

international and cross-boundary travellers

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Environmentally Friendly Transport : Intermediate Capacity Systems

Modern and environmentally friendly modes for intermediate capacity quality (high priority) corridors Bus Rapid Transit Automatic People Movers Wireless Tram

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Making the Most of the Tramway

An icon and a public transport system

Des Voeux Road Central Precinct
Antique Tramway on the Reclamation

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Pedestrian Space

Strategic
Local
Active
Passive /

Recreational Should planned and implemented as seriously as rail and road networks

Free
Environmentally

friendly

Energy efficient
Socially cohesive
Space efficient

The most sustainable mode

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Past Walking Strategies

Tsim Sha Tsui Central Mid-levels Scheme West Kowloon Reclamation NW-Kowloon Scheme

Strategic plans have been implemented piecemeal losing community and network connectivity

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Grasping Opportunities Ahead : Harbour Walk and Cross Harbour Walk

Comprehensive, continuous, comprehensible and connected

Pedestrian Cross Harbour Walk

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Pedestrian and Public Transport Network Plan

Creating a public transport and pedestrian city

E- Transpo rt Syste m E- Transpo rt Syste m

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Harbour Facilities and Opportunities

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Harbour Hopper Days

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Future Possibilities for Daily Travel

Changing Daily Ro utine s Changing Daily Ro utine s Re ducing Enviro nme ntal / Carb

n Fo
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Re ducing Enviro nme ntal / Carb

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Striking the Right Balance

What are the priorities for the harbour area and harbourfront

Comprehensive pedestrian networks and people

dominated environments?

Continuous harbour waterfront walk and cross harbour

walk?

Expanding the railway network further and giving greater

priority to buses?

Introducing new modes?
More coordination or more choice?
With CWB and CKR to rethink the allocation of

roadspace?

To contain traffic growth or build more roads? …

Public participation in direction and implementation, including making better travel choices to create a more liveable city

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