Development and transport are closely related, but how do we connect the dots and guarantee a livable city for future generations? Lifting the moratorium in Mid-levels, reducing the threshold for redevelopment and the constant pressure to increase density are all choking the older parts of Hong Kong with more traffic and roadside air pollution. How do we deal with the increased traffic on new roads to the Mainland? How many more roads are we planning to build on our waterfront? Is there too much public transport clogging up our roads? Is replacing pedestrian crossings with subways and footbridges a good thing? What plans are there for environmentally friendly transport and aesthetically more pleasing transport infrastructure in Hong Kong? Where are the hopes for making our city more pedestrian-friendly? Can new engine technology solve our problems? Could electronic road pricing help? Will the new rail lines be enough? Do we have a sustainable (transport) plan for our city? Planners, engineers, academics and officials will discuss whether transport is our solution or our enemy. Designing Hong Kong is a not-for-profit organisation focused on sustainable urban planning. See: www.designinghongkong.com

1. Is Transport the Solution or the Enemy? Designing Hong Kong City Speak XI 24 April 2010, Hong Kong Simon K W Ng Institute for the Environment, HKUST

4. Source: HKEPD Roadside Stations

5. Roadside NO 2 Concentration s Sources: HKSARG, HKEPD & WHO Roadside Average Hong Kong Air Quality Objective WHO Air Quality Guidelines

6. Roadside PM 10 Concentration s Sources: HKSARG, HKEPD & WHO Roadside Average Hong Kong Air Quality Objective WHO Air Quality Guidelines

8. Land Sterilization Traffic Congestion Roadside Emissions How we want our city to be like? Increase Use of Mechanised Transport Higher Demand for Mobility Economic Growth and Higher Income Quality of Life Liveable City Accessibility Sustainable Transport Source: Ng

10. Source: Jean-Paul Rodrigue Compact versus Dispersed Spatial Form

11. A City for Cars? Source: Alex MacLean

12. Source: Alex MacLean

13. Source: HKSARG

14. Tung Chung A City for the Community?

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16. A City that Deprives People of Urban Space? Source: Bill Barron

17. A City where People Take the Centre Stage? Source: http://www.transitorienteddevelopment.org/

18. End of presentation Thank you