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Screenline3.5 BY(vehicles per day)Vehicle Type 197.6 1981 7986Annual Growth Hates (%)1988 1976-81 1981-88 1976-88Overall UrbanCarTaxiPassenger VanPublic Light BusGoods VehicleBusTotal342 84629861014814892811 1 2 1 9458916465 454376 75461 00871 4641 43 45653493386 321477 70861 8916533919262963221400 394457 5424677766 255263467671286.34.832.7-4.45.0-1.9-2.12.8-3.7-1.19.13.31.33.610.1-2.57.41.1916660 1 171 630 1 247110 1 301 563 5.0 1.5 3.0KowloonExternalRural (R-R)Cross-HarbourCarTaxiPassenger VanPublic Light BusGoods VehicleBusTotalCarTaxiPassenger VanPublic Light BusGoods VehicleBusTotalCarTaxiPassenger VanPublic Light BusGoods VehicleBusTotal5526290033463221604058180331 07 27321 08615551279387933512388105591364652283015537118275183911130775472816901185111762562293714.218.635.04.714.39.00.814.61.2-5.712.19.26.116.214.1-1.513.09.1138500 263570 317090 402410 13.7 6.2 9.314861400800533199961 933327541 5708064492421 1232926301384025589053014476680503817767844523412471 033838017.131.558.7-1.616.18.62.223.3-7.9-2.518.916.28.226.615.5-2.117.813.033320 71360 98170 133021 16.5 9.3 12.23566066221 2761 21511 8464131646581460411 4241 41321 2004475579212014188827513227651295998418506599682742006680212.617.155.03.112.31.6-1.13.4-8.8-7.410.36.24.48.913.8-3.211.14.260750 117775 125100 134121 14.2 1.9 6.8Notes: (1) Data derived from Annual Traffic Census <strong>of</strong> Transport Department(2) Overall urban is a composite <strong>of</strong> 5 screenlines: <strong>Hong</strong> <strong>Kong</strong> Internal, C-C, F-F, G-G, and I-l(3) Cross-harbour screenline includes vehicular ferries3.3.3 <strong>The</strong> high proportion <strong>of</strong> private cars and taxis in the urban traffic stream is shown inFigure 3.11. Taxi traffic increased up to 1986, but declined slightly over the next twoyears. <strong>The</strong> volume <strong>of</strong> car traffic declined following the 1982 private car taxationmeasures, but started to increase again after 1986. Passenger van traffic increased inthe early part <strong>of</strong> the period reflecting the decline in car-registered vans following the1982 increases in private car taxation. Public light bus traffic declined, probablyreflecting the conversion to green minibus operations which operate <strong>of</strong>f the maintransport corridors. Goods vehicle traffic grew substantially in the period, showing a37% growth over the last two years alone.41

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