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9.13.2 Based on the analyses of the Study, the following transport management policies arerecommended for controlling growth in traffic demand:For immediate consideration(1) Maintain taxi quotas at the current level of not more than 300 new taxi licencesper year. Taxi fares should be adjusted to maintain a balance between demandfor taxi services and the supply of new taxis.(2) Maintain the current limit of 4 350 public (red and green) light buses.(3) Increase the ownership taxes on private motoring to curb the current highgrowth in private car traffic.(4) Introduce regular adjustments to tunnel tolls to ensure that traffic demand fortunnels does not exceed traffic capacity.(5) Continue to adjust the parking fees for public car parks to maintain an average1 5% availability rate and assess the provision of new public car parks based onthe capacity of the road system to absorb additional traffic.(6) Modify the ownership tax structure for goods vehicles to raise taxes generallyand to increase taxes on light goods vehicles in particular. This is to ensure anefficient use of the road system by reducing marginal users, and to ensure thatheavy and medium goods vehicles make a proper contribution to road provisionand repair.For further consideration(7) Increase fuel tax on private cars and motorcycles and monitor the effects over atrial period. The increase would have to be severe to have significant impact.(8) Increase the duties on diesel fuel as an additional measure to curb the growth ofgoods vehicle traffic and as a means of inducing cost increases and thereforefare increases on taxi operations.(9) Re-investigate the potential for area pricing considering both techniques similarto those adopted in Singapore and the results of the 1985 ERP study. Thepossibility of widening the coverage of such an area scheme, if adopted, toinclude all or most types of vehicles should also be considered.193