TRANSPORT PLANNING & DESIGN MANUAL - …

1 Revised in December in 2001 TRANSPORT PLANNING & DESIGN MANUALV olume 7 ParkingPrepared by:Traffic & TRANSPORT Survey Division TRANSPORT DepartmentFOREWORDThe TRANSPORT PLANNING and DESIGN MANUAL consists of eleven volumes and ispublished primarily as a working document for TRANSPORT Department also provides information and guidance to others involved in theplanning and DESIGN of TRANSPORT infrastructure in Hong is intended that the information contained herein will be periodicallyrevised to take account of the most up-to-date knowledge and inevitable

2 Time-lag however, means that certain sections may at aparticular time be unavoidably out of date. For this and other reasons,the standards contained in this MANUAL should not be followed rigidly butrather treated as a framework within which professional judgement shouldbe exercised to reach an optimum eleven volumes and their component chapters are as follows: -VOLUME 1 TRANSPORT PLANNINGC hapters 1. Territorial TRANSPORT Planning2. District TRANSPORT PLANNING 3. Public TRANSPORT Planning4. TRANSPORT considerations in Town PLANNING Layouts5.

3 TRANSPORT considerations in Building & Development PlansVOLUME 2 HIGHWAY DESIGN CHARACTERISTICSC hapters 1. Introduction 2. Vehicle Dimensions & DESIGN Flows3. Road Characteristics 4. Junctions 5. Other Facilities6. ExpresswaysVOLUME 3 TRAFFIC SIGNS AND ROAD MARKINGSC hapters 1, Introduction 2. Regulatory, Warning & Informatory Signs3. Direction Signs 4. Tunnel Signs 5. Road Markings6. Cycle Track SigningVOLUME 4 ROAD TRAFFIC SIGNALSC hapters 1. Introduction 2. Aspects of Signal Design3- Pedestrian Signals 4. Traffic Signals on High Speed Roads5.

4 Co-ordination of Traffic Signals 6. Traffic Control Systems7. Signal Equipment 8. Implementation of signal schemesVOLUME 5 ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION AND PREVENTIONC hapters 1. Introduction to Accident Investigation2. Traffic Accident Data System3. Accident Investigation and Analysis Technique and Procedures4. Evaluation of Remedial Measures5. Traffic Safety Considerations in Engineering Design6. The Role of Publicity in Accident PreventionVOLUME 6 TRAFFIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENTC hapters 1. Introduction 2. One Way Streets & Gyratory Systems3.

5 Bus Priority 4. Stopping Restrictions5. Vehicle Prohibition 6. Speed Limits7. Environmental Considerations 8. Facilities for the Disabled9. Traffic Restraint 10. Traffic and Pedestrian Action PlansVOLUME 7 . 1. Introduction 2. Legislation 3* Parking Inventory4* On-street Parking 5. Goods Vehicle Parking6. Parking Provision in New Developments7. Surface & Multi-Storey Car ParksVOLUME 8 SURVEYC hapters 1. General 2. Annual Traffic Census3* Journey Time & Spot Speed Surveys 4. Parking Surveys5. Public TRANSPORT Surveys 6. Home Interview Surveys7.

6 Other SurveysVOLUME 9 PUBLIC TRANSPORTC hapters 1. Introduction 2. Franchised Buses 3. Public Light Buses4. Taxis 5. Trams 6* Non-Franchised Buses 7. Ferries8* InterchangesVOLUME 1Q SURVEILLANCEC hapters 1. Introduction 2. Strategic Road Network3. Emergency Telephone System 4. Closed Circuit TV System5. Automatic Incident Detection System6. Traffic Control for Strategic Road Network7* Incident RecoveryVOLUME 11 TUNNELSC hapters 1. Introduction 2. Traffic Control & Surveillance3, Control Room & Operator Facilities 4. Toll Collection5.

7 Ventilation 6, LightingThe current status of a particular Chapter or Section thereof can beobtained from the Standards Section of TRANSPORT 1 - IntroductionChapter 2 - LegislationChapter 3 - On Street ParkingChapter k - Parking Standards for NewDevelopmentsChapter 5 - Goods Vehicle ParkingChapter 6 - Park and RideChapter 7 - Surface and Multi-StoreyCar ParksTo be issued laterTo be issued laterTo be issued laterTo be issued laterTo be issued laterTo be issued shortlyChapter 8 - Public TRANSPORT Facilities - To be issued laterRevised

8 In December 2001 TRANSPORT PLANNING & DESIGN MANUALV olume 7 Chapter 1 - IntroductionPrepared by:Traffic & TRANSPORT Survey Division TRANSPORT (Al/2001) ReferencesL2 Structure of Volume A Parking Policy and A Parking Shortfall The Present Basic Regulatory Measures for Park-And~RideAbbreviationsCBD Central Business District^GFA Gross Floor AreaGV Goods vehicle as defined in Road Traffic Ordinance, Chapter 374 HKPSG Hong Kong PLANNING Standards and GuidelinesL/UL Loading/unloading# - CBD, being the area bounded by Arsenal Street in the east.

9 Bonham Strand m the west, the Victoria Harbour m the north and Lower Albert Roadin the south, is characterized by high rise office blocks, commercial buildings and government offices but very little residential development Itis also the administrative and financial center of the (Al/2001) References1. GOVERNMENT OF THE HKSAR; WILBUR SMITH AND ASSOCIATES. "ThirdComprehensive TRANSPORT Study Technical Report, October 1999"2. HONG KONG GOVERNMENT. "White Paper on Internal TRANSPORT , 1979"3. HONG KONG GOVERNMENT.

10 "White Paper on TRANSPORT Policy in Hong Kong,January 1990"4. HONG KONG GOVERNMENT; OVE ARUP & PARTNERS. "ParkingDemand Study"5. HONG KONG GOVERNMENT; SCOTT WILSON KIRKPATRICK ANDPARTNERS. "Freight TRANSPORT Study"6. PLANNING DEPARTMENT. "Hong Kong PLANNING Standards and Guidelines,Chapter 8 - Internal TRANSPORT Facilities"7. TAG Discussion Paper No, 38/99. "Report on Parking Demand and Supply andProgress of Improvement Measures"8. WELLS, "Comprehensive TRANSPORT PLANNING " (A 1/2001)L2 Traffic forms the lifeblood of the modern city.