Wham Bam Tram

Written by: TRANSIT JAM
  • Summary

  • Hong Kong's urban transit show, as heard on RTHK AM621, with hard talk on sustainable transport, future mobility, zero carbon and urban planning for safe, liveable streets. Wham Bam Tram returns to RTHK's airwaves in October 2021 - but to keep our regular fans happy we're running the show as an indie podcast from July to September! Hosted by Transit Jam founder James Ockenden and recorded in Hong Kong.
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Episodes
  • Ferry ferry smart! Transforming HK's ferries with Abraham Leung
    Sep 7 2021

    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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    31 mins
  • Cycling the harbourfront with Martin Turner
    Aug 20 2021

    A new study commissioned by the Development Bureau will re-open the idea of harbourfront cycling - but will the government approach rise above its past failed attempts to connect the city's harbour with bikes? We chat with Martin Turner, chairman of the Hong Kong Cycling Alliance, on harbour cyclingh, design processes, shared bikes and the oppresive "pleasureground" regulations which stop almost all the fun!

    00:58 Interview start | 01:25 DevB study | 03:53 2009 study | 04:34 Connectivity | 06:27 Mode share and ferries | 07:37 Space | 08:44 Segmentation | 11:09 Kai Tak and shared use | 14:57 Harbourfront cycle ride | 17:12 LCSD and pleasuregrounds | 18:38 Cycling parks | 21:41 Shared bikes | 23:44 17km stretch | 26:19 Cycle walking | 27:19 Global best practice | 28:55 NGO relationship with govt

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    32 mins
  • Killing speed with Julian Kwong
    Aug 1 2021

    There's tragically thousands of deaths and injuries on Hong Kong's roads: pedestrians make up almost a third of deaths and very serious life changing injuries.

    Julian Kwong is a road design expert who advises the UN and the World Health Organisation on road safety. He's been a long time campaigner in Hong Kong calling for lower speed limits and better road design which could cut the death toll and make our streets safer.

    We chat with Julian about his proposals for a 30kph zone, driver behaviour, geofencing, technology and how new roads around kai Tak are destined to become racetracks.

    1:02 Interview start | 1:16 30 kph campaign | 2:33 Driver behaviour | 4:00 Elderly pedestrians | 4:54 Feeling of speed | 7:01 50 kph history | 8:51 Political inaction | 10:17 Car-oriented roads & Kai Tak | 11:55 Railings | 15:30 Technology | 21:59 Jaywalking | 24:09 Sham Shui Po pilot zone | 27:46 Stop-start speeding | 30:09 Shifting PR




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    33 mins

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