City Speak XI - Is transport the solution or the enemy? Chapman Lam of MVA

Balancing the Need to Travel with the Need to Improve Quality of Life in Hong Kong

April 24, 2010

Presented by:Mr. Chapman LamDivisional Director (Transportation engineering), MVA Hong Kong Limited

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World

China

Pearl River Delta

Hong Kong

CBD

Neighbourhoods

People

A World City

A Liveable City


HK History

1194 (Sung Dynasty) 1834 (Qing Dynasty)


HK History

Coastline originally a resource to accommodate urban growth and economic development

Now seen as an asset in itself to be maintained for the community


Hong Kong

Evolved into:

•Commerce

•Entertainment

•Tourism

•Transport

•Homes

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Statue Square,

1925

Admiralty, 50’s


Pollution in Hong Kong

Asia’s World City


Sustainable Development : Evolution of Priorities

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


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


Policy Directions

• Priority to rail and public transport

• Balanced infrastructure development

• Managing road use including vehicle ownership restraint

• Promoting environmentally friendly modes

• Promoting walking and pedestrian facilitiesThe challenge is to turn policy

statements into coordinated plans and implement them


Boundary Crossings and Modes

Destination for International and Cross-boundary Travel


Future Railway Network

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


Mode Share Comparison of Major Cities

Hong Kong CentralLondon

Singapore Tokyo Paris

89%

58%63%

67%

45%

11%

42%37%

33%

55%

Public Transport

Private Car


Future Highway Network

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


Bus Network Optimisation

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

•Greater Priority?

•Reorientation as Railways Expand?

•Maintain Choice?


Role of Our Streets

Streets were once for people and public transport but now are often seen as movement space for vehicles with poor environments


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


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


Containing Traffic Growth

Objectives – congestion, environment, economic

Ownership RestraintSuccessful since early 1980s fundamental policy

Network ManagementReallocation of roadspace to more efficient users and for planning and environmental purposes

Complex issues requiring full public participation and concensus

Changing Behaviour – PricingCongestion charging / Eco

charging

Reduced traffic by 15-25%

Changing Behaviour - Voluntary car pooling / staggered flows, limited impact in Hong Kong


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


Reordering the Road Network Hierarchy


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


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


Making the Most of the Tramway

An icon and a public transport system

•Des Voeux Road Central Precinct

•Antique Tramway on the Reclamation


Transport Modes

Walking is the most sustainable mode of transport

Walking

Bicycles

Railway / Tram

Bus / Mini-bus

Taxi

Private Car


Why Support Pedestrians

Environmentally Friendly

Resource Efficient

Equitable

Affordable

Socially Cohesive

Cost Effective

Healthy

Promotes Public Transport

Sustainable


Footbridge as a Mean to Improve Junction Capacity

Efficient but need to take a balanced view


Pedestrian Space

Strategic

Local

Active

Passive / Recreational


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


Pedestrian and Public Transport Network Plan

Creating a public transport and pedestrian cityE-Transport

System

E-Transport

System


Grasping Opportunities Ahead : Harbour Walk

Comprehensive, continuous, comprehensible and connected

Pedestrian Cross Harbour

Walk


Past Nathan Road Improvement Concept - 2005

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Nathan Road After

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Nathan Road Before

Nathan Road After

Past Nathan Road Improvement Concept - 2005


Road Map to Sustainable Transport

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

Rail


What HK Should be

High density mixed use (This is what we are) High quality physical environment Vibrant, exciting social

environment Aesthetically and culturally

attractive High accessibility and mobility

A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO WORK, LIVELEARN AND PLAY, AND INVESTORS ARE CONFIDENT

IN A REWARDING FUTURE

LIVE

LEARN WORK

PLAY


Sustainable 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 vehicles and 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


Striking the Right Balance

Our choice?

Comprehensive pedestrian networks and people dominated environments?

Expanding the railway network further and giving greater priority to feeder buses?

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

roadspace? To contain traffic growth or build more roads? …

Public participation not only through consultation but by being given opportunities to make better travel choices to create a more

liveable city


Engineer’s Responsibility


Thank you

Education

City Speak XI - Is transport the solution or the enemy? Chapman Lam of MVA