Hong Kong Mass Transport Study – MTR feasibility, 1967

IDJ: I came across this MTR feasibility study that I found somewhere long ago. It’s interesting how far-seeing it was in many aspects.

HF: The study was compiled by Freeman, Fox, Wilbur Smith and Associates for the Hong Government and was published, apparently in three versions, in 1967 by the HK Government Printer. The company also compiled reports around the same time on planning and transport in Edinburgh, a land use and transportation study about East Central, Scotland and in 1968 a West Midlands, UK, Transport Study.

The Hong Kong Mass Transport Study begins:

SUMMARY

The object of this Study has been to develop the best solution to Hong Kong’s long-term mass transport problems consistent with planning goals, development plans and a level of mobility that will allow the Colony to continue to prosper. The long-term needs were established by an analysis and projection of information gathered in various planning and travel surveys. The essentials of a complete mass transport system were then defined and a plan of implementation was formulated.

The study continues using the following subheadings:-

Hong Kong – Past and Present
Future Hong Kong – growth predictions

The Study begins:

SUMMARY

 

 

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