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Table 5.4PROJECTIONS OF DAILY TRIP MAKINGBY MODE OF TRAVEL(thousands)Mode1986*1 1991 1996 2001Mass Transit RailwayKowloon-Cantort RailwayNorth-west LRJ2Hong Kong Tramways1 530358032420985722343452242715582374247781758E436Total Rail2212 3249 3913 431EKowloon Motor Bus 3China Motor Bus 3Cross Harbour 4303461233632356714473461726470366379650CTotal Bus398243534657495SMinibus 51 5161 6501 6701 70CHK Yaumati FerryStar Ferry185116159139191162222174Total Ferry301298353396Total scheduled public transportTaxiSpecial Purpose Bus80111 03351795501 076536105931 11955411 3701 162573Total non-scheduled PT1 5501 6121 6731 735Total Public Transport956111 1621226613105Private Car Person Trips1 0861 51820722582Note: Public transport trip-making is in terms of boardings; one trip may involve several boardings (but notcounting changes between trains on the MTR and between buses and/or LRV's on the LRT system).1Public transport boardings from Transport Department for October/November during school term (but see note6 below)2 Including bus feeder services3 Excluding cross-harbour shown separately4 Operated by KMB and CMB5 Red PLBs and Green minibuses6 Observed taxi flows derived from the CTS-2 taxi survey adjusted to traffic counts. They imply a taxi passengeroccupancy about 15 percent lower than Transport Department estimate5.5.75.5.8Taken as a group, road-based modes of public transport dominate, as shown inFigure 5.7. Even with the growth of rail services, road-based public transport isexpected to carry 64% of all public transport services by 2001, compared with 74%in 1986.With the increase in the private car fleet, private car trip making more than doublesand accounts for 16% of total travel demand by 2001.5.5.9 ] Projected growth in road usage is shown in Figure 5.8 by vehicle type, measured interms of daily pcu (equivalent passenger car unit) kilometre. This shows the stronggrowth projected for private car and goods vehicle travel with no changes indemand management policies. On this basis, the share of road space taken by publictransport services (bus, minibus, special purpose bus and taxi) would shrink from38% to 22% between 1986 and 2001. *82