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T.P.D.M.V.1.1(Al/2001)1.4.6.9 Vehicle operating costs - Operating costs are developed for private cars, taxis, goodsvehicles and special purpose buses and categorised as-(i)(ii)(iii)Perceived costs - to reflect the costs on which travellers base their travel decisions,Financial costs - to be used in financial evaluations, andEconomic costs - to be used in economic evaluations.The estimates of such costs are based on data available for representative vehicles regardingvehicle price, tax, insurance costs, consumption of fuel, oil and tyre as well as expenditureon maintenance. As regards public transport, operating costs are assessed based on costinformation obtained from the operators.1.4.6.10 Public transport fares - It is necessary to make a projection of fare levels in order to forecastpatronage for each public transport mode. In CTS-3, upon review, future year fares on allmodes are assumed to remain constant in real terms as at 1998 levels, i.e. to increase at thesame rate as inflation.1.4.6.11 Transport policies - "Hong Kong Moving Ahead - A Transport Strategy For The Future"contains various transport policies on the continued development of Hong Kong's transportsystem. The development of these policies has been based on recommendations of CTS-3,Recommendations/assumptions made in CTS-3 are subject to regular review as an on-goingexercise in light of the latest development. As and when necessary, ad hoc transportplanning studies are carried out to provide input to Transport Bureau for investigatingtransport policy options and developing policy plans. Endorsed policy measures aresubsequently incorporated into new transport planning studies to update previous trafficprojections and recommendations.1.4.6.12 Trip making characteristics - Large-scale household interview surveys on travelcharacteristics have been carried out about every ten years soon after each PopulationCensus. Three such surveys were conducted in 1973, 1981 and 1992 respectively. Thesurvey results have been used to update assumptions on trip-making patterns andcharacteristics used in both territorial transport planning studies and district traffic studies.They were also used in calibrating the CTS models.1-4-6.13 Cross boundary traffic forecasts - Future passenger movements to and from Mainland Chinaby road, rail and sea have been forecast by the Crosslinks Further Study Stage I using theCBM, Updated forecasts would be produced by Planning Department whenever there is amajor change in the input assumptions such as port cargo forecast, HKSAR or GuangdongProvince planning data.L4.6.14 Port forecasts - Port cargo forecasts were made by the Port and Airport DevelopmentStrategy Study in 1989. Subsequently, these forecasts have been updated periodically by thePort Development Strategy Review.1-4.6,15 Airport forecasts - Air passenger and freight demand forecasts were made by TransportStudy for the New Airport in 1996. Subsequent updates are prepared periodically by theAirport Authority.