[sustran] Re: fwd: city bus subsidy policy question

[Jain Alok]

In Hong Kong where a number of new railways have been planned (some are
under construction), the Government is envisaging a similar scenario and
undertaking a study on co-ordination of public transport services with
special emphasis on the railway corridor.

I, however, cannot think why this should lead to bus subsidy, if there is
none already. Basically, a proper planning of competing as well as feeder
routes is what you need for effective utilisation of the whole public
transport system. Competing bus services provides, choice of modes to the
people (and avoid monopoly of the railway, as some prefer to put it) while
feeder routes can supplement to a "mass" carrier, which is promoted for its
qualities towards the environment (pollution-free), reliability (dedicated
right-of-way) and speed. A co-ordinated approach also minimises the
"wasteful competition" and eventually leads to a hierarchical public
transport system.

For more details, you can contact Transport Department of Hong Kong through
HK Government's web page

http://www.info.gov.hk/

Alok Jain
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> From: 	SUSTRAN Resource Centre[SMTP:sustran at po.jaring.my]
> Sent: 	August 4, 1999 2:25 PM
> To: 	sustran-discuss at jca.ax.apc.org; utsg at mailbase.ac.uk
> Subject: 	[sustran] fwd: city bus subsidy policy question
> 
> Dear colleagues and friends
> 
> I have received a request for information from Taipei. I was not able to
> help in any detail myself but I have obtained Yu-han Lin's permission to
> pass on the request to sustran-dicsuss and utsg.  If you reply to the
> list,
> please cc your reply to Yu-han Lin as well.
> 
> 
> >
> >Dr.Barter,
> >
> >I am Yu-han Lin, working for the Bureau of Transportation in Taipei city
> >government.   
> ....
> >
> >With advent of Mass Rapid Transportation System (MRT), city bus companies
> >face to a tremendous change in route-operating.    They  compete with
> each
> >other for the connecting routes with MRT and are comparatively apathetic
> to
> >the low-occupancy ones.   To keep the services and provide more access to
> >the residents, a sound and effective bus subsidy policy is in urgent.
> >
> >I need to get mass transit policies from other cities in order to take
> their
> >experiences as references.  Hence I am willing to know if I can get
> access
> >to the data you have.   Since I need to present a draft of city bus
> subsidy
> >policy in early September, please reply my e-mail as soon as you are
> >convenient.  Your help is very much appreciated.
> >
> >Thanks for your time and patience.  
> >
> >Best regards,
> >
> >Yuhan Lin
> >UCLA graduate (Policy Studies)
> >summer intern of BOT
> >Phone: 886+2+27488822 ext. 317
> >Fax: 886+2+27486600
> >E-mail:carol at ms1.thi.com.tw
> >
> 
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