How 🇭🇰 Hong Kong Built the World's Best Transit

Audio editing by Eric Schneider
Motion graphics by Vincent de Langen
Everything else by Evan

This includes a paid sponsorship which had no part in the writing, editing, or production of the rest of the video.

[PolyMatter]

This doesn’t count as another China video

[firerocket]

As a teenager in Hong Kong, I remembered that I can go anywhere just using one card with public transport. I don't need to have a car, I don't need to rely on my parent to drive me to somewhere, I can go out with my friends, I can go to school with bus in elementary. A good public transport network mean freedom for young teenagers.

[vsitrkx]

As a Hongkonger, I get quite peeved off when I miss the train just to realize the next one comes in two minutes...sometimes I feel like I take the efficiency of the MTR for granted.

[KentoBento]

I see my apartment in the video! (also, great video)

[SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

My city has the world’s best transit. Our metro is beautiful

[ehstronghold]

I was in Hong Kong last month for the first time. The MTR makes BART in San Francisco look like a transit system in a third world country in comparison.

[Floubadour]

Please use metric system as well! The square foots does not mean anything to us (rest of the world)

[ultraninja]

"strict no drinking or eating policy" as a person who was lived in HK for 3 years, it really isnt that strict

[laopang]

As a visitor to HK, it's transportation system impresses me the most.

[dominicyiu]

the video sums up why Hongkongers rely heavily on the Mass Transit Railway system while hating the company at the same time

[PHCuber]

How Hong Kong built the worlds largest rally in a train station.

[cmonkey]

I worked on the Australian team that installed the first smartcard transit ticketing system for HK in the late 1990s. I can still remember some of the LRT station names.

[jesusgonzalez]

Fun fact: most US streetcar systems historically operated the same way. Then the government decided to heavily subsidize motorcars and they could no longer compete

[hgos]

7:07 I literally visit this EXACT 7-eleven every other day. Never thought I would ever see it in a YouTube Video!

Hang Hau Station, Exit A.

[chiaramattoli]

6:56 : "there is a strict no eating or drinking policy"
HK students : *laughs in 7-11*

[leunghoman]

Meanwhile in Hong Kong:

Half of the MTR stations are closed

[forevertrump]

It's funny how you talk about Hongkong transit at a time like this.

[jacthwakk]

When I started this video, I was like, "Damn, I gotta visit Hong Kong." Then I remembered current events. I guess I'll have to wait for a while.

[jacklam]

Except when a train crashed on East rail line this week .

[Buroki]

Living in hk throughout my life, we just take this transit system for granted, it wasn't until I went to other places when I relaize how fast, simple and efficient our line really is. It's rarely down at all and the only times it's down you can just switch to another line to contiune your routine. Some of us don't even take buses because of that, since there's no traffic jams that would make you late to work.