Request for Traffic Flow Census 2001-2020 & Road Network 2001-2020
Dear Transport Department,
I am a research assistant at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and I am working on a project on land use in the past 20 years. I would like to make a request on the Traffic Flow Census and Road Network, from the year 2001 to 2020.
The format of data for Annual Traffic Census should be the same as https://data.gov.hk/en-data/dataset/hk-t... , consisting of xls files recording the hourly traffic distribution at some stations. Since the data for 2015 and 2019 are publicly available, only that from 2001-2013, 2016-2017 and 2020 is needed.
The Road Network should be in the same format of that in data.gov, https://data.gov.hk/en-data/dataset/hk-t... .
Yours faithfully,
Sha Yu Hin
17/09/2021
Subject:Freedom of Information request - Request for Traffic Flow Census 2001-2020 & Road Network 2001-2020 (Case Ref: 3-6897435403)
Dear Sir/Madam,
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23/09/2021
Dear Sir / Madam,
Subject:Freedom of Information request - Request for Traffic Flow Census 2001-2020 & Road Network 2001-2020 (Case Ref: 3-6897435403)
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Dear Mr/Ms Sha,
I refer to your email dated 16.9.2021. The retrieved files recording the
hourly traffic at relevant stations are attached as requested.
As for the requested information for other years (i.e. 2001-2008, 2010 and
2013), we are still retrieving the information concerned. According to
paragraph 1.16 of the Code on Access to Information, our department will
inform you of the latest progress of the case separately on or before
6.10.2021. You may note that case no. 291/21 is assigned to your request.
In the meantime, if you have any enquiries, please contact me at 3842
5574.
Yours sincerely,
Miss Dorothy Chim
for Commissioner for Transport
Dear Ms. Chim,
Thank you for the reply. Besides the statistics on annual traffic, may I also ask if the distributions of station points on each year, as in https://data.gov.hk/en-data/dataset/hk-t..., is also available, and request them if so.
Yours sincerely,
Sha Yu Hin
Dear Mr Sha,
I refer to your email dated 16.9.2021. Further to our interim reply on
24.9.2021, the retrieved files recording the hourly traffic at relevant
stations for the remaining required years (i.e. 2001-2008, 2010 and 2013)
have been uploaded to the following link, please download the files
concerned on or before 29.10.2021 before its expiry on 30.10.2021.
[1]https://chat.tdoffice.work/s/Sqo5iHbpmZb...
If you have any enquiry, please contact me at 3842 5574.
Yours sincerely,
Miss Dorothy Chim
for Commissioner for Transport
Dear Mr Sha,
I refer to your phone conversations with me and my colleague, Mr Paul Liu
separately on 29.9.2021.
Further to our replies to you on 24.9.2021 and 29.9.2021, the requested
retrieved files recording the hourly traffic at relevant stations for the
Years of 2009, 2011-12, 2014, 2016-18 and 2020 have been uploaded to the
following link, please download the files concerned on or before
29.10.2021 before its expiry on 30.10.2021.
[1]https://chat.tdoffice.work/s/GDYdQyNwPbX...
If you have any enquiry, please contact me at 3842 5574.
Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
Miss Dorothy Chim
for Commissioner for Transport
Dear Ms. Chim,
Thank you and Mr. Liu for your aids on collection these data.
Many Thanks,
Sha Yu Hin
Dear Mr Sha,
I refer to your email dated 16.9.2021. Our reply is as follows.
The requested information (GML datasets) for the Years from 2010 to 2020
is attached.
As for the information for the other years (2001-2009), the application is
now under processing. According to paragraph 1.16 of the Code on Access
to Information, our department will inform you of the latest progress of
the case separately on or before 14.10.2021. You may note that case no.
298/21 is assigned to your request.
In the meantime, if you have any enquiry, please contact me at 3842 5574.
Yours sincerely,
Miss Dorothy Chim
for Commissioner for Transport
From: Sha Yu Hin <[FOI #769 email]>
To: Dorothy Shuk Kwan CHIM <[email address]>
Date: 24.09.2021 17:48
Subject: Re: Request for Access to Information (No. 291/21)
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Dear Ms. Chim,
Thank you for the reply. Besides the statistics on annual traffic, may I
also ask if the distributions of station points on each year, as in
[1]https://data.gov.hk/en-data/dataset/hk-t...,
is also available, and request them if so.
Yours sincerely,
Sha Yu Hin
Dear Mr Sha,
I refer to your email dated 16.9.2021. Further to our interim reply on
30.9.2021 providing part of the requested information, our reply is as
follows.
The retrieved files for the Years from 2002 to 2009 is attached. The
files provided below are GIS files instead of GML as considerable effort
is required for generating the GML files which do not exist. According to
para. 1.14 of the Code on Access to Information, "The Code does not oblige
departments....create a record which does not exist". Therefore, GIS
files for the Years from 2002 to 2009 are provided instead. Meanwhile,
file of the Year of 2001 is not available.
If you have any enquiry, please contact Mr Paul LIU at 3842 6278.
Yours sincerely,
Miss Dorothy Chim
for Commissioner for Transport
Dear Ms. Chim and Mr Liu,
Thank you. I have looked into the files and they should be sufficient.
On the other hand, I do have one other request. The ATC 2015 (appendix B), which was previously available through the link https://www.td.gov.hk/datagovhk/traffic-..., is now a redirect and so the file is no longer downloadable. As my local copy has been accidentally deleted, I would like to request for this file, or have the link fixed so that it is downloadable again.
My apologies for making so many further requests.
Many thanks,
Sha Yu Hin
Dear Ms Chim,
I am writing to inform you that I have recovered the 2015 ATC data I mentioned in the last email, so there is no need to send that to me.
I believe I have collected all the ATC data I need for this request. Thank you for your and Mr Liu's kind assistance throughout this request.
Yours sincerely,
Sha Yu Hin
Dear Mr Sha,
I refer to your email of 12.10.2021 12:35 and your email of 14.10.2021
23:54. Noting that you have already recovered the required data, we would
like to provide you with the following links for information -
The relevant zipped file of 2015 can be downloaded from the link below:
[1]https://www.td.gov.hk/en/publications_an...
Other Annual Traffic Census Reports can be downloaded from the link below:
[2]https://www.td.gov.hk/en/publications_an...
Thanks.
Yours sincerely,
Miss Dorothy Chim
for Commissioner for Transport
From: Sha Yu Hin <[FOI #769 email]>
To: Dorothy Shuk Kwan CHIM <[email address]>
Date: 14.10.2021 23:54
Subject: [Possible SPAM] Re: Request for Access to Information (No.
298/21)
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Dear Ms Chim,
I am writing to inform you that I have recovered the 2015 ATC data I
mentioned in the last email, so there is no need to send that to me.
I believe I have collected all the ATC data I need for this request. Thank
you for your and Mr Liu's kind assistance throughout this request.
Yours sincerely,
Sha Yu Hin
