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Is Transport the Solution or the Enemy? Designing Hong Kong City Speak XI 24 April 2010, Hong Kong Simon K W Ng Institute for the Environment, HKUST

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Transport in Hong Kong <ul><li>11.5 million daily public transport journeys </li></ul><ul><li>~90% of journeys made by public transport </li></ul><ul><li>54.8 private cars per 1,000 population </li></ul><ul><li>~4 million passengers each day on rail </li></ul><ul><li>~5,800 buses and 600+ bus routes </li></ul><ul><li>4,350 minibuses </li></ul><ul><li>~18,000 taxis </li></ul><ul><li>Trams and ferries </li></ul><ul><li>A comprehensive network </li></ul><ul><li>Over 2,000 km of public road </li></ul>

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External Costs of Transport <ul><li>Traffic congestion </li></ul><ul><li>Air and noise pollution </li></ul><ul><li>Land consumption </li></ul>Source: HKSARG

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Source: HKEPD Roadside Stations

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Roadside NO 2 Concentration s Sources: HKSARG, HKEPD & WHO Roadside Average Hong Kong Air Quality Objective WHO Air Quality Guidelines

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Roadside PM 10 Concentration s Sources: HKSARG, HKEPD & WHO Roadside Average Hong Kong Air Quality Objective WHO Air Quality Guidelines

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<ul><li>Making each vehicle cleaner and more energy efficient is good, but … </li></ul><ul><li>It will do little to change our travelling habits, ie. it doesn’t necessarily make us drive or travel less </li></ul><ul><li>Benefits we gain from reducing emission per vehicle will be offset by growing vehicle ownership and vehicle use </li></ul>Technical Fix

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Land Sterilization Traffic Congestion Roadside Emissions How we want our city to be like? Increase Use of Mechanised Transport Higher Demand for Mobility Economic Growth and Higher Income Quality of Life Liveable City Accessibility Sustainable Transport Source: Ng

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Source: Jean-Paul Rodrigue Compact versus Dispersed Spatial Form

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A City for Cars? Source: Alex MacLean

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Source: Alex MacLean

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Source: HKSARG

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Tung Chung A City for the Community?

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Shatin

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A City that Deprives People of Urban Space? Source: Bill Barron

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A City where People Take the Centre Stage? Source: http://www.transitorienteddevelopment.org/

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End of presentation Thank you