Urbanie & Urbanus

Issue 2020 Jan

Sustainable Cities

Issue 3, P.50 - P.60

Re-thinking the Hong Kong Tramway as a Rooted but Future Orientated Form of Sustainable Transportation

Dr. Hee Sun (Sunny) Choi

BA MA PhD, Adjunct Assistant Professor,
MDes (Urban Environments Design), School of Design,
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University,
Director at Choi-Comer Asia Architecture and Urban Design

and  Mingyu Cui

Figures

Figure 1. Map of tramway and MTR line


Figure 2. Station spacing and catchment areas of tram and metro stations 


Figure 3. Street layout


Figure 4. Accessible analysis


Figure 5. Travel time comparison 


FIgure 6. Counting map of passengers


FIgure 7. Price comparison of tramway MTR and Bus


Figure 8. Land use


FIgure 9. Sheung Wan


Figure 10. Spatial network for Sheung Wan


Figure 11. Admiralty site status


FIgure 12. Spatial network for Admiralty


Figure 13. Master plan and analysis


Figure 14. Admiralty Design Proposal


Figure 15. Sheung Wan masterplan and analysis


Figure 16. Sheung Wan Proposal


Table 1. Annual number of passenger in tramway


Table 2. Distribution of Average Daily Public Transport Patronage in 2016