• Ferry ferry smart! Transforming HK's ferries with Abraham Leung

  • Sep 7 2021
  • Length: 31 mins
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Ferry ferry smart! Transforming HK's ferries with Abraham Leung

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  • Hong Kong's new "water taxi" is attracting some derision for its once-weekly fixed route - but how did we end up with this strange service after the great promise of the water taxi concept? Mobility expert Dr Abraham Leung, a post-doc researcher with Griffith University in Brisbane, grew up in Hong Kong and has a lot of insight into how the city could develop a ferry service to rival mass transit or bus routes.

    01:07 | Interview start

    01:39 | Water taxi

    02:09 | Linear vs point model

    03:30 | Ferry vs bus

    05:15 | Subsidy models

    08:23 | Boosting ferry mode

    12:12 | Developing linear modes

    15:51 | Multimodal ferry connection

    20:02 | Environment

    20:55 | Hybrid

    23:42 | Harbour development

    24:05 | Ferries and covid

    24:30 | Mobility as a service

    26:49 | Water taxi woes p[t 2

    27:53 | Pier development
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