The potential impacts of strategic highways on new town development: A case study of Route 3 in Hong Kong

Abstract

This paper adopts the conceptual model of Sell et al. [J. Architect. Planning Res. 5(2) (1998) 145] in examining the potential impacts of Route 3 on the local community of Yuen Long new town. A questionnaire survey was conducted between 2 and 24 June 1998. 2220 Yuen Long residents were selected by a multi-stage random process. The results indicate that people's perceptions about transport improvements were significantly associated with personal (soci-cultural) attributes, such as sex, age, and industry of employment, occupation and household income. Moreover, the impacts of Route 3 on the travel behavior of local residents were expected to be highly significant. The strongest potential impacts were found among the teenagers (10-19) and the female residents. Most of the additional trips were for "shopping" (43%) and "social/recreational" (35%) purposes. © 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.