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Examination of Estimates of Expenditure 2003-04 CONTROLLING OFFICER’S REPLY TO INITIAL WRITTEN QUESTION Head : 186 – Transport Department Subhead (No. & title) : 700 General other non-recurrent Programme : (1) Planning and Development Controlling Officer : Commissioner for Transport Director of Bureau : Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works Question : Regarding the consultancies for Base District Traffic Models (BDTMs) provided under Item 548, what are the details of the models? What is the current progress? Asked by : Hon. LAU Kong Wah Reply : Details of the BDTMs are as follows: The traditional approach in Traffic Impact Assessment (TIA) studies involved developing separate local traffic models for individual studies. Those new local traffic models (notably road network and trip matrices) had to be prepared, calibrated and validated from scratch each time before they could be applied for traffic forecasting purposes. The setting up of BDTMs, covering the whole territory, provides a consistent and efficient base framework for conducting TIA studies. This stems from the fact that the basic network and matrices data built up in their development/updates can be re-used in other TIA studies. As such, there will be savings (about 20%) in both time and costs for conducting future TIAs. In addition, BDTMs will also be used to facilitate the planning of traffic management schemes on a district level. As regards the progress, the base models have been substantially set up and validated to 2000-based planning data issued by the Planning Department. As Planning Department issued an updated 2001-based planning dataset last year and to ensure that local traffic forecasts by BDTMs are compatible with updated planning data and the corresponding network assumptions, works are required to re-validate and update the BDTMs. Opportunities will also be made to enhance the performance and functionalities of the models. Gototop Signature Name in block letters ROBERT FOOTMAN Post Title Commissioner for Transport Date 20 March 2003 Reply Serial No. ETWB(T)045 Question Serial No. 0215
Examination of Estimates of Expenditure 2003-04 CONTROLLING OFFICER’S REPLY TO INITIAL WRITTEN QUESTION Head : 186 – Transport Department Subhead (No. & title) : 700 General other non-recurrent Programme : (4) Management of Transport services Controlling Officer : Commissioner for Transport Director of Bureau : Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works Question : What is the progress of the trial scheme to accept Octopus on electronic parking devices? Why is there a substantial difference between the approved commitment for the item and the revised estimated expenditure in 2002-03? Asked by : Hon. LAU Kong-wah Reply : The trial of reloadable card-operated parking meters was undertaken from November 2000 to September 2001 at 200 parking spaces in busy areas. The trial proved that these parking meters performed satisfactorily in an outdoor, off-line and unattended environment. It also revealed public acceptance of Octopus as a payment card for parking meters. In view of the success of the trial scheme, a contractor was selected by open tender to replace in phases the existing electronic parking meters with Octopus-operated meters. The contract was awarded in December 2002. The first 1,000 new parking meters will be installed commencing in May 2003. Gototop Given that no similar trials have been conducted overseas/locally and due to limited sources of information, Transport Department (TD)’s cost estimate of $9.1M for the trial scheme was based on relevant information supplied by the existing provider of the electronic parking meters. Having further ascertained that other companies in the market could offer similar technology, TD invited interested parties to participate in the trial scheme. Amongst those companies which expressed interest, we have chosen five who indicated that they would bear the hardware and software development costs and would participate in the trial at nominal costs to TD. As a result, only $3M was spent, which explained the difference between the approved commitment and the revised estimated expenditure. Signature Name in block letters ROBERT FOOTMAN Post Title Commissioner for Transport Date 20 March 2003 Reply Serial No. ETWB(T)046 Question Serial No. 0216
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