Ferry ferry smart! Transforming HK's ferries with Abraham Leung Wham Bam Tram

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