This survey, done in 2014, involving 84 major cities around the world, pointed out that Hong Kong has “the most advanced urban mobility system”.
The main contributor here is the railway. Since the MTR service (Mass Transit Railway, for those who don’t know) covers a huge part of Hong Kong and has some really busy schedule, it really helps Hongkongers to get around. Together with the services of buses and ferries, average commute in Hong Kong takes about 30 minutes.
…That’s the official statistics. As a Hongkonger myself, I can tell you what the survey can’t.
First, Hong Kong is a small city. So long as a certain location is accessible, it isn’t surprising that you can reach there within an hour. When you consider that, “less than one-hour commuting” isn’t really that impressive.
Second, it really depends on where you live and where you work (or study). Try living in Tuen Mun and see how much time it takes you to reach Chai Wan (or vice versa)? Or living in Lantau Island but having to work in urban districts? That would take you more than one, sometimes even two hours PER TRIP. Have fun spending another two hours going home.
…OK, the examples above are pretty extreme, but you can see that leaving / entering remote areas in Hong Kong is still pretty painful.
What? Cycling?
Let’s not. Even the survey suggested that Hong Kong is not very “bicycle-friendly”.
And why ride an hour to work when you can just take a 10-minute bus trip?
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