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“Public Transport Priority”, as the core of our traffic policy, serves to meet local residents’ travelling needs in a society in full development, and to prepare for the building of a low-carbon city and a green home. From August 1, 2011 onward, Macao’s bus service operation will enter a new model. Other than the increase of, from two, to three, bus companies; the more important aspect of the new model is that, the Macao SAR Government has allocated significant resources to increase service frequency and to improve the relevant facilities and services, so as to gradually relieve local residents’ difficulty in catching a bus, and to put into practice the concept of “putting people first”, as mentioned in the government´s policy address. The new bus service model is an important step in upgrading people’s quality of life and in building a better home.

For the new bus services, the local residents have expectations while the Government has, demands. The concept introduced into the new bus service by the Government is that it will play a leading role in supervising bus services and be responsible for the planning of bus routes, service frequency and bus stop locations. The Government requests the three bus companies to have proper management of their services, vehicles, equipments, staff and back office facilities, so as to ensure that the residents´ need for efficient, convenient and safe transportation will be satisfied. This is a challenging and systematic engineering project that relies on the support and response from all residents of Macao.

With concise text and images, this Guide to Public Bus Routes of Macao is published to provide the public with more information about the new public transport services in Macao. It also serves to attract more people to use public transport and to encourage them to join efforts to improve Macao’s traffic condition.

8．1 marks a new milestone for bus service. Let's support public transport priority! It is not simply a slogan, but also an expectation for enhancement in public transport services.