Hong Kong, a former British colony, was named the city with the best public transportation system in the world.
Hong Kong's name tops the 2017 Sustainable Cities Mobility Index, an annual list released by design group, technology engineering, and consultant, Arcadis.
To compile this list of experts assess all matters relating to public transportation systems in 100 different cities in the world.
Assessors use 23 indicators divided into three categories: community (security, access, maintenance, and number of passengers), planets (environmental records, congestion, delay, cyclists' infrastructure, air pollution), and profit (public finance, affordability, economic health ).
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Hong Kong by expert judgment using these 23 indicators is considered to be the city with the best public transportation system in the world.
Hongkong International Airport (HKIA) is one of the best and busiest in the world with 70.5 million passengers by 2016.
HKIA now operates with 99 percent capacity, a third runway is under construction and will be operational by 2014.
This airport expansion shows Hong Kong's role as a mainland China hub with the world that is part of Beijing-initiated Belt and Road initiatives.
Late 2017, the bridge connecting Hongkong-Zhuhai-Macau was completed. Despite the controversy, the bridge was built to further integrate Hong Kong's economy and the Pearl River Delta region.
Meanwhile, Hong Kong's public transport in a day is used on average by 12.6 million people. In addition, the Mass Transit Railway system of the city is considered to be the most efficient in the world.
After Hongkong, Zurich (Switzerland) became the second city with the best transportation system. Successive in the top five of Paris (France), Seoul (South Korea), and Prague (Czech Republic).
What about Jakarta? The capital of Indonesia is only occupy the 89th position of 100 cities with the best transportation system in the world.
For the size of Southeast Asia, Jakarta is still above Bangkok (92), Kuala Lumpur (95), and Hanoi (96).
However, Southeast Asian cities with the best transportation system according to this list is occupied Singapore who sit in eighth position.
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