Abstract
Ever since the Open Policy in 1979, there has been increasing socio-economic integration between Hong Kong and mainland China. The subsequent rapid export-oriented industrialization in the Hong Kong-Pearl River Delta (HK-PRD) region has given rise to rapidly growing cross-boundary container truck traffic (XBCT). From 1992 to 2003, the volume of XBCT rose from 1.5 to 4.7 million vehicles per annum. Hence, a new customs check-point, the Shenzhen Western Corridor (SWC), was built. With the development of SWC, how would XBCT drivers change their route-cum-customs (RCC) choice? What were their major considerations? How would the route choice among goods vehicle drivers differ from private car drivers? To what extent would the opening of new customs check-points change the RCC choice of goods vehicle drivers and resolve the uneven distribution problem of freight traffic? The current paper seeks to address these questions.
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This research project was partially funded by the Outstanding Young Researcher Award of the author. The survey was funded by Route 3 Company Limited. She is grateful for the kind support of Mr. Vincent Fong of Route 3 and Mr. Sean Kelly of Modern Terminal Limited for enabling this type of difficult research on XBCT drivers to be conducted in Hong Kong. She is also grateful to the Planning Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government for providing the detailed cross-boundary container truck data upon request.
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Loo, B.P.Y. Cross-boundary container truck congestion: the case of the Hong Kong-Pearl River Delta region. Transportation 37, 257–274 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11116-009-9246-4
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