>>10866391. It's situated on Kai Tak, ruining the flat landscape.
2. Cost-wise it needs more than double the fare to survive financially compared to trams, and has minuscule RoI.
3. The new bridge crossing would cuck ships out of a typhoon shelter. Tram will use the former taxiway bridge.
4. The HKSAR is using this to excuse themselves out of the congested inner city industrial area and demand for heavy rail.
5. HK needs tram on Kowloon.
6. Monorail still takes up valuable space ground level with poorer accessibility when low floor street level stations will do.
7. Absolutely worse flexibility and room for expansion.
Hong Kong can use a monorail, not in Kai Tak.
A competing new East Kowloon Line (related to aforementioned heavy rail demand along this corridor) is the perfect proving grounds.
