Smart Mobility─Intelligent Traffic Management Electronic Road Pricing Pilot Scheme in Central Core District

• Reduce traffic volume and alleviate traffic congestion

• Enhance the efficiency of road space

• Uphold the policy of according priority to mass carriers

• Improve roadside air quality

Objectives of the “Pilot Scheme”

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• Frequent commercial activities and rising traffic volume

• Prolonged stay or circulation of “chauffeur-driven vehicles”

• Illegal parking and loading/unloading activities

Traffic Congestion in Central Core District

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Smart parking meters

Disseminating real-time information

Enhancing pedestrian environment

Smart enforcement

Enhancing public transport facilities

Multi-pronged Approach Tackle Head-on Problems

Automated parking systems

Review restricted zones

Improving loading/unloading activities

International metropolises

Year of implementation

Drop in traffic volume

Singapore 1998 10-15%

London (UK) 2003 16%

Stockholm (Sweden) 2006 18%

Milan (Italy) 2012 34%

Gothenburg (Sweden) 2013 15%

New York (USA) In phases from

2019 Target 14%

Overseas Experience on Electronic Road Pricing

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Gothenburg (Sweden)

London (UK)

Milan (Italy) Stockholm (Sweden)

Singapore

New York (USA)

Legend： Less than 10 km/hr 10-20 km/hr 20-30 km/hr

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Traffic Speeds (Noon Peak) on Major Roads in Central Core District

Queen’s Road Central Wyndham Street N

Annual Average Daily Traffic Flow of Central Core District

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460000

470000

480000

490000

500000

510000

520000

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

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Year

Annual Average Daily Traffic Flow

↑10% from 2003 to 2017

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5% 12%

30%

8%

45%

Mass Carriers

Private cars

Others Goods vehicles

Taxis

55% mass carrier passenger trips 24% Private car passenger trips

12% Taxi passenger trips

8% Goods vehicle passenger trips

1 % Other passenger trips

Peak Traffic Flow of Central Core District

Breakdown by vehicle class (exceeding 12 000 vehicles per hour)

Breakdown by passenger trips

Private cars Mass carriers

45% of traffic flow 8% of traffic flow

200 000 passenger trips per day

500 000 passenger trips per day

Target

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Reduce traffic flow

by 10%-15%

To increase average

vehicle speed on major

roads by 3-5 km/hr

( 20-30%)

Shorten waiting time

at traffic signals

(3 rounds -> 1 round)

Reduce annual

vehicle CO2

emission from

vehicle by

~2800 tonnes

Equivalent to

planting over

100 000 trees

Widening of Sun Yat Sen Memorial Park entrance with

modifications of existing stairs and wheelchair ramp

Widening a section of promenade at

Western Fire Services Street

Widening and improving pedestrian crossing

near Shun Tak Centre

Widening footpath at Des Voeux Road Central (outside Prince’s Building)

Optimising Pedestrian Network- more accessible, more comfort

N

Legend：

Existing pedestrian network

Proposed enhanced walking route

Proposed footbridge

connecting City Hall with walkways to adjacent buildings

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Sun Yat Sen Memorial Park

City Hall

Straightening staggered crossing at Des Voeux Road Central

Central Core District

Central Core District

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Site next to Sheung Wan Fire Station (to provide not less than 350 parking spaces) P

P

Sun Yat Sen Memorial Park

P Expansion and enhancement

of City Hall (to provide not less than 150

parking spaces) )

P

P Commercial development of Murray Road (to provide not less than 100 parking spaces for public use)

Legend：

Existing pedestrian

network

P Selected site for parking

provision

Proposed enhanced walking route

City Hall

Park and Walk

N

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Vertical lifting and horizontal sliding type automated parking system to be provided at the proposed government building on Chung Kong Road in Sheung Wan

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Legend：

Connaught Road Central

Garden Road

N

Preliminary Proposed Area

Central-Wanchai Road

Preliminary Proposed Area of the “Pilot Scheme”

Preliminary Proposed Charged Road

Non-charged Road

Road Outside of the Proposed Area

Travelling Routes

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Legend： Preliminary Proposed Area covered by the “Pilot

Scheme”

Charged road Travelling routes

From Mid-Levels

Travel via Garden Road

往上環以西

To east of Admiralty

To west of Sheung Wan

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Travel via Central-Wanchai Bypass

Travel via Aberdeen Street

Charging Mechanism • “Cordon-based”── charged per pass • Simple and easily comprehensible→ facilitate implementation • Concept of “variable charges at variable periods”

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• Using in-vehicle units

• Adopting Radio Frequency Identification technology

• Supplemented by Automatic Number Plate Recognition technology

• In compliance with Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (Cap 486)

Technology Application

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Automatic Number Plate Recognition*

Radio Frequency Identification technology* In-vehicle unit

*For reference only

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*including Pedder Street, Wellington Street, Queen’s Road Central

(Time)

(Vehicles/hr)

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Traffic flow on Major Roads* in Central Core District

Proposed charging period from Mon to Fri

Proposed charging period on Sat

Mon - Fri

Sat

Sun

Exemption

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• Mass carriers

• Emergency and security vehicles

• Vehicles with disabled person’s parking permit

Taxi

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Goods Vehicle

Operational need

10% of traffic flow

30% engaged in kerbside

loading/unloading activities

30% of traffic flow

with only 1 passenger on average

Personalised point-to-point

public transport

• Professional bodies

• Academia

• Transport sector

• Green groups

• Others

Stakeholder Consultation

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□ Agree to the need to tackle traffic congestion

□ Generally support the concept of the “Pilot Scheme”

□ Need to tackle the vehicles waiting for prolonged period on roadside or circulating on roads

Way forward Building consensus, formulate design and details Striking together, implement intelligent traffic management system

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Electronic Road Pricing Pilot Scheme in Central Core District