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3. Research Outline
1. Street and Transportation History
2. History of Hong Kong
3. Urban development of Hong Kong
4. Mong Kok
5. Globalization
6. Pedestrian Scheme
7. Sai Yeung Choi Street
4. Street & Transportation History
Coaches drawn by horses First motorcycle invented American factories made 181,000 passanger
cars & 6,000 trucks.
Freeways were built in the 1960s to improve
the flow of traffic in and around cities.
people began looking
for alternatives to
petroleum driven
engines.
Ancient Empires
1700´s 1867 1890 1910 1916 Post War 1960 1990s 2008
Period
Scooters become popular
Roman, Greeks & Egyptians
& Bullet train transportation
rode in Chariots
was invented
US Congress passed
the Federal Aid Road Act
Bicylces & Cars put pressure
into Road Development.
Oil, financial & food Crisis
crashes the car industries
English Parlament passed the "Red Flag Law".
5. Hong Kong A Brief History
Mong Kok founded as Hong Kong colonized by British
an agricultural village City development began at Sheung Wan and Central
Kowloon peninsula added to colony
Praya Reclamation Scheme completed
Massive population
influx from mainland
http://www.mxlarge.com/storage/Image/British%20flag.png China
17th century 18th century 1841 1843 1860 1861 1873 1926 1950s
Nathan Road fully completed
boat population in Hong
Kong formed water “streets”
First section of Nathan Road,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Nathan_Road_1910.jpg Kowloon’s first road, completed
Queen’s Road completed,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:QRCDuddell_1900.jpg the first road in Hong Kong
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:HKStreets1865.jpg first urban strets laid out
6. Hong Kong Urban Development
17% built land
on 1061 km2 area
spatial pattern and road
development constrained by
rugged topography
factors flat land scarcity
rugged hills
long coastlines
expansion land reclamation
by vertical building
Image source: Lo, 1992
7. Hong Kong Street Development
Kowloon 1861
Planned development
of geometric street layouts
and areas to be reclaimed
unlike on Hong Kong Island where roads
were narrow and winding and suitable
only for carriages
Nathan Road development
became the central thoroughfare of
Kowloon since early 20th century
contributed to growth of Mong Kok and
Tsim Sha Tsui
Image source: Lo, 1992
8. Mongkok Theme Streets
Flower Market Road
Bird Garden
Goldfish Street
Ladies Market
Sport Shoes Street
http://hong-kong-travel.org/MongKokMap.asp Electronics Street
9. Yuen Po Street Bird Garden
Around seventy bird shops
Relocated to this street after 1997
A new Chinese garden design
10. Flower Market Road Flower
Famous for both flower retail and wholesale
Hundreds of florist selling fresh flowers from all around the world
11. Tung Choi Street Goldfish
http://www.flickr.com/photos/oklulu/531568616/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/g1696838/2100316494/
Heaps of aquariums selling aquatic life and all kinds of equipment
12. Tung Choi Ladies Market
Street
http://www.flickr.com/photos/knkcat/2553072135/
Not limited to women’s items anymore
Hawkers sell all kinds of bargain items
13. Fa Yuen Street Sport Shoes
http://www.sightinhk.com/tc/index.php/13
Famous for selling sport gears and sport shoes
14. Fa Yuen Street Stall Market
Stall market open between
10:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. daily
Fresh produce market sells variety
of exotic fruits and vegetables
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rc238/2698173678/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/littlepillow/113799504/
Cheapest clothing boutiques on
ground floors of buildings
15. Sai Yeung Choi Electronic
Street
Open-aired shopping street
selling electronic goods
Unofficial on-street hawker
zone for unlicensed hawkers
(salesman) who offer service
contracts
Street length: less than 300 metres long
16. China & Reforms since Socialist Market Empowered
Local Governments
Globalization 1978 System
Lack Have Short term plans
Short term plans
Has a Incentive enhance
Huge Mayor Potential Foreign Provide Finance Land
Population Market Investment
Increase in urban Environmental and
Population High Priority Social Problems
Development focused Less Priority
Pressure over Unproductive Urban
Economic Growth
Cities Spaces Development
Social Inequalities between
Pushes to Uses Used to be focused on
Hong Kong Housing & New District Financial HUB
Renewal Offices Planning Powers
Planning Powers
Local Residents New Migrants
Creates Changes to
District Competition
Information Economy
Construction of New Problems
Infrastructure
I f
Plus mayor risks in To survive
Global Competition
Closer cooperation
Cl i Closer rivals
Cl i l
Taiwan Guangdong Shanghai Singapore
17. Industrial Since the Purpose is
Road Development
Revolution
Enabled Goods
Public Transportation
Transformed Cars for
Transportation
Walking City Empowered
Concept
p People
Mobility
Into
Pushes to
Influence the City Size
City Growth
City Growth Highway systems
Highway systems
If
reinforces
Population growth Immigration
Small Area Large Area
HK Reclaimed Land Regulate HK
Government
Policies
Develops
Suburbs Garden City Concept Environmental
concern
Commercial
Results Turns into Benefits
Mix Use
Mix Use Into
Into Public
Public Pedestrian
Pedestrian
High density Vertical Development
Buildings sidewalks Scheme
Residential
18. Pedestrian
Scheme
In 2000 the Transport Department
started implementing pedestrian
schemes in several districts around
Hong Kong
Purpose
improve pedestrian safety and mobility
promote walking as transportation
discourage access for vehicles
reduce air pollution
improve pedestrian environment
19. Pedestrian Scheme
Types of Pedestrian Schemes
Full-time Pedestrian Street
Pedestrians have full priority
Non-essential vehicular traffic restricted
Part-time Pedestrian Street
Vehicles allowed only in specific periods
No on-street parking space
Traffic Calming Street
Sidewalks are widened
On-street parking space reduced
Vehicles slowed down with road narrowings,
speed tables, etc.
Images: http://www.td.gov.hk/transport_in_hong_kong/pedestrianisation/pedestrianisation/index.htm
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21. The following part-time pedestrian
street scheme on opening at 4p.m.
to 12 midnight has become
permanent since December 2000.
22. The part-time pedestrian street
area has extended the Sai Yeung
Choi Street South (between
Argyle Street and Nelson Street)
since late December 2003.
23. The part-time pedestrian street
area has further extended Tung
Choi Street (between Argyle
Street and Dundas Street)
since mid September 2004.
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