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Different trips also have their own level of importance. It also affects their choice of transportation. For example, the work trip supposedly has the highest level of importance because being late for work may lead to a large penalty like deduction of salary and even being fired. So willingness to pay extra money for a stable and fast trip is much larger for work trips than other trips. It is also related to the value of time concept. The value of time for people who are making their work trips is greater than those for recreation trips. 3.4 External Factors Path Availability and Service Level of Bus Path availability can largely influence passengers’ traveling patterns. When a place has a large number of paths availability, a rational passenger will choose a transportation mode that is the cheapest, most stable and has the best service level etc. In order to attract passengers to increase revenue, different transportation companies will improve their services to compete with each other. For example, from Appendix 2, we can see that the path availability in Tuen Mun Town Centre is large. People can travel to many places by a single, frequent and fast bus trip. The service level of bus is high. It creates a large pressure for West Rail. It is because when people take West Rail to urban areas, they often need to interchange with other kinds of transport. It 25
may drive away some passengers who do not want to interchange during their trip. In contrast, the path availability of Siu Hong is much smaller than Tuen Mun Town Centre. People can take West Rail to go to urban areas much faster than taking bus. On the other hand, the service level of bus is low in Siu Hong. It only has two whole-day service bus routes to urban areas. Passengers often complain about the low frequency and bus routes. Obviously, the competitiveness of West Rail in Siu Hong is large comparing with buses. Government Policy Government policy indirectly affects the choice of transportation mode. In Hong Kong, the Government gives the first priority to the railway in public transport development (Environment, Transport and Works Bureau, 2003). The development of other public transport is limited. For example, the Transport Department put a limit on the number of buses of KMB to about 4,000 vehicles. Also they limit the number of buses that can enter Central, Causeway Bay and Mong Kok. Bus companies cannot easily increase their service level in these districts. Because of this reason, some routes may not have sufficient service. It forces passengers to take other kinds of transport. 26
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level increases. Second is the pric
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for a faster trip. It is unacceptab
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Long and Tin Shui Wai. But passenge
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) Tuen Mun Town Centre To/From Tuen
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d) Tuen Mun (Siu Hong) To/From Siu
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f) Tin Shui Wai (Tin Heng) To/From
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h) Yuen Long Town Centre (Tai Tong
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Appendix 7: Fare table of West Rail
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