The Kowloon Motor Bus Company will reorganise its bus lines in Northern District this summer in the first stage of a territory-wide bus route reorganisation, the transport secretary said on Thursday.
Secretary for Transport and Housing Anthony Cheung said the reorganisation would involve cutting or merging underused and overlapping lines to increase efficiency.
The frequencies of bus services on busy routes would be increased and new routes would be added where necessary, he said.
After Northern District, a similar route reorganisation plan will be implemented in other districts in the second half of the year, Cheung said.
The reorganisation aims to reduce road congestion, operation costs and gas emissions from buses.
Cheung was speaking after meeting the heads of 18 district councils to discuss the plan.