Geography project
presentation
Topic: Traffic problem
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in Hong Kong,
transportation is a hot tropic to discuss.
Whatever the transport facilities, traffic
congestions, pollution caused by
vehicles , these are the subjects that
our group would like to talk about.
What are the factors arose these problems?
Human factors
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Increase in population density
Population decentralization
Development of new towns
Large number of commuter works in main urban area
Rapid growth in trade with other parts of China
Increase in movement of goods and passengers
Early transport design cannot meet present demand
Increasing private car ownership due to rising living
standard
High concentration of economic activities in C.B.D.
Prolonging growing of private car ownership
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147 143 130 172 186
73 78 82 84 87 92 96
0 24 23 22 21 23 25 27
1984 1988 1992 1996
Motorcycle
Private car
Goods vehicle
Physical factors
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Small area of Hong
Kong
Hilly relief
Victoria Harbor
separates Kowloon
Peninsula and Hong
Kong Island so that
cross-harbor transport
is needed
Blockage of roads by
landslide or rockfall
What are the problems?
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Traffic congestion →→→ More noise and air pollution.
Great economic loss from time wasted in traffic
congestion.
Life loss in accidents.
The high inflation rate of the transport fare.
The shortage of parking space, especially in C.B.D.
Insufficient transport facilities to meet increasing traffic
demand.
Oil spillage from ships can seriously
pollute the sea.
Noise pollution caused by public transport
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As the airport have
moved to Lantau
19.8%
Island, noise pollution
has less affect the
public.
Road and rail
27.2%
transport has
produced a high level
of background noise.
2.1%
50.2%
Neighbourhood
Construction
Transport
Others
Air pollution caused by vehicles
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The main mobile
source of air pollution,
which is motor
vehicles. They emit
most of the lead and
carbon monoxide.(一氧化物)
Generally, the air
pollution in urban is
more serious than the
one in rural area.
7.5%
0.4%
10.4%
28.1%
53.6%
Vehicle emissions
Industrial
Commercial
Nuisance
Others
Accident in Hong Kong
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Date:10-7-2003
Time: Around 8:00am
Location: Tuen Mun Road.
The accident happened in
between the Tsuen Wan
Town Centre bus stop and
the Tai Lam Tunnel Bus
Interchange. There were
around 40 passengers on
the bus when the accident
happened; most of them
were going to school or
going to work.
Result in 21 dead included
driver and 20 passengers.
Achievable measures taken to mitigate transport
problems in Hong Kong
The end
After this presentation, we wish all of you
can understand the traffic problems in
Hong Kong. Thank you for your attention.
Group member:
 Hui Ka man(24)
 Lee Yi Chen(28)
 Ng Chi Lan(30)
Possible measures taken by Government
Further development of mass transit system,
for instance, the Kowloon-Canton Railway
West Rail
 Improvement of existing road systems, like
widening roads
 Expansion of public transport services to
new towns and remote area
 Construction of more roads and tunnels
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Construction of subways and foot-bridges, in order to
decrease accidents
Improvement of the efficiency of existing tunnels, e.g.
installation of an auto toll system
Development of an electronic road pricing (ERP)
system
Development of a computerized traffic control
system
Control of private car ownership, the possibly way
are increasing the tax on new cars and registration
fee
Let’s go and see a Car-Less Villages in Switzerland
Operations could be taken by
public
Avoid Going out during rush hour
 Practice car pool
 Attend park and ride scheme
 Use staggered office hours
 Use less busy transport means and routes
 Use more public transport
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Mass transit systems in Hong Kong
More about KCRC
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East Rail (the former Kowloon Canton Railway British Section) operates domestic as well as
cross-boundary passenger services to the
mainland boundary at Lo Wu. From Hung Hom
terminus to Lo Wu Station, the East Rail line
covers a distance of 34 kilometres with a total of
13 stations, including a Racecourse Station open
on race days. All passenger services are
provided by electric multiple unit (EMU) trains.
The entire train fleet at present consists of 444
train cars.
More about MTR
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Since operations began in 1979, the MTR
Railway has become one of the most
important elements of Hong Kong's
transportation network.
The MTR railway is operating a railway
network of 87.7 kilometers route with 50
stations. With a daily patronage of over 2.3
million passengers, This system is one of the
most intensively utilized systems in the world.
Route Map Of MTR
More about Light Rail
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The Light Rail system was established in 1988
to provide local passenger transport within the
North West New Territories (NWNT). As the
area's population expanded, so too did Light
Rail.
The Light Rail system provides an efficient,
reliable and value-for-money service for the one
million residents of the rapidly growing new
towns of the NWNT. Light Rail will be
transformed into a feeder for West Rail while
continuing as the major mode of transport in the
NWNT.
More about West Rail
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West Rail is a 30.5km twin-track
passenger railway with nine stations,
West Rail links up Sham Shui Po in West
Kowloon, via Kwai Tsing and Tsuen Wan
with Yuen Long and Tuen Mun in the
Northwest New Territories.
Route Map Of KCRC
Tuen Mun Highway
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This highway has been developed to link such
new towns as Tuen Mun and Yuen Long to the
urban centre.
Since the now towns are far from being selfcontained, many people still have to commute to
work in the urban centre every day.
Roads which can link up new towns and urban
area are essential.
Cross Harbor Tunnel
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This tunnel was constructed more than
twenty years ago to connect the major
urban districts on either sides of the harbor.
Economic development and population
decentralization have created large
volume of traffic between the two sides of
the harbor. Thus, the Cross Harbor Tunnel
had constructed to fix the problems.
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Western
Harbor
Tunnel
In the 1980s, the Government decided to develop a new
international airport for Hong Kong on a site formed from Chek
Lap Kok, an island just off Lantau Island. This would replace
Kai Tak International Airport.
Ten further infrastructure projects - the Airport Core
Programmer (ACP) - were associated with the development of
this new airport. The Western Harbor Tunnel (WHT), is a one of
the infrasturcture in the project.
The Hong Kong portal of the WHT forms the southern gateway
of Route 3, the strategic north-south road corridor that traverses
the western part of the Hong Kong Special Administrative
Region.
The tunnel thus links major population centres with the
container port at Kwai Chung and the airport at Chek Lap Kok.
It also opens up the northwestern New Territories and connects
with the new super-highway to Guangdong via Lok Ma Chau.
WHT not only releases the traffic stress at the other two crossharbour tunnels, it also shortens the travelling time between
Hong Kong Island and Kowloon
減少塞車
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2003年年2月17日開始，倫敦市政府將對駕車進入市中心的
人，徵收每輛車一天五英鎊的費用。此一辦法將從每週一至
週五清晨七時至晚間六時三十分之間實施，預計將可替倫敦
市每年增加一億三千萬英鎊（三億美元）的收入。
收費區域為內環路所包圍的地區。 將在市中心百多個路口裝
設230部電腦監控設備，查核經過車輛是否已經付費。根據
管理倫敦公路與巴士業務的倫敦運輸公司所作的估計，估計
將會有兩萬人放棄開車進入市中心區，其中有一萬五千人改
乘巴士，五千人則乘坐地下鐵路系統。倫敦市長利文斯東
Mayor Ken Livingstone 表示，如果實施後兩個月內不見成
效，他將宣布取消此一辦法。
新加坡對繁忙時期進入市中心的司機收費兩美元，使進入市
中心的車輛減少了百分之四十多。挪威也在首都奧斯陸和其
它兩個大城市收取類似的費用。
無煙城
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早在十多年前，瑞士已經建了一個無煙
城，城內共有九個小鎮，橫跨阿爾卑斯
山的大部分地區。無煙城是一個禁車的
小鎮，故只有馬車或電力車才可在街上
了保護秀麗的風光，一九八五年把位於
南部至東部的Bettmeralp、 Braunwald、
Murren、 Riederalp、 Rigi Kaltbad、
Saas-Fee、 Stoos、 Wengen及Zermatt
九個小鎮定為「無煙城」，Car-Less
Village，意即沒有車輛的城鎮。在這情
及環境。