[sustran] Re: ERP in Hong Kong
Paul Barter
tkpb at barter.pc.my
Fri Jul 3 16:10:53 JST 1998
This appeared on the utsg list, posted by "m.j. steele"
<M.J.Steele at newcastle.ac.uk> in response to a question by Taiichi INOUE
<t4-inoue at nri.co.jp>.
The following article is from the
South China Morning Post
Internet Edition
Wednesday July 1 1998
Kai Tak to host road
pricing trials
BRENDAN DELFINO
The Kai Tak site will be used to test the first
electronic road pricing system within days of the
airport's closure, a transport official said.
Extensive testing will be carried out on Kai Tak's
taxiways, which run parallel to the 3.5-kilometre
runway.
Tsang King-man, chief engineer of the Transport
Department's Electronic Road Pricing Unit, said
yesterday that testing of vehicles and equipment
could start by mid-August.
"We want to move in as soon as possible and
depending on the length of the relocation, we hope
to start surveying a few days after the move," Mr
Tsang said.
"We will then move on to some preliminary
installation of equipment and facilities, such as
erecting gantries and painting out the test tracks,
then start testing."
Two rough test tracks have been designed but may
be altered by engineers contracted to carry out the
tests, after the site at the end of the runway is
surveyed.
The circuits will be used to test the two
technologies being considered for the programme -
the satellite Global Positioning System and
microwave reception from gantries. Testing is
expected to continue until mid-January.
Any comments
On Thu, 2 Jul 1998, Taiichi INOUE wrote:
> Dear,
>
> I heard the scheme of ERP ( Electronic Road Pricing ) would be planned in
> Hong Kong.
> I'd like to know this project. Especially my interest is focused on the
> technological matter. Would someone tell me about this?
>
> Think globally, Act locally.
>
> Consultant
> Taiichi Inoue
> Transport & Logistics System Strategy.
> Nomura Research Institute,Ltd.
> 2-2-1,Ootemachi,Chiyoda-ku,
> Tokyo 100,JAPAN
> tel +81-3-5203-0806 fax +81-3-5203-0810
> Website http://www.nri.co.jp/
>
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