Transit Jam’s 2020 Forum, Rethinking “Vehicles First” will run on 17 September: here’s a teaser question to get the conversation moving ahead of the event. There’s 675,264 car parking spaces in Hong […]
HOW MUCH SPACE DOES CAR PARKING TAKE UP?
James Ockenden
Writer, journalist and sustainability consultant with a passion for clean technology and public health. 25 years covering power and energy markets: former editor of Power Plant Technology, International Power Generation, Asian Electricity, Aircraft Economics, Energy Risk, Asia Risk, Benchmark; writer for South China Morning Post, Cathay Dragon's Silkroad, APlus, Veolia's "Planet", Hong Kong Tatler; founder of Blue Skies China. MSocSc in Corporate Environmental Governance, University of Hong Kong; BA & MA degree in Natural Sciences (major in Materials Science & Metallurgy), Cambridge University.
GOVT APPROVES SERVICE CUT ON 284 BUS ROUTES
Bus companies will cut service frequency or suspend service altogether on 284 routes from Monday (27 July), claiming a “drastic drop in bus patronage” following new social distancing rules. Transport Department (TD) […]
GOVT HIJACKS A HECTARE OF PUBLIC SPACE FOR STREET TRUCK PARKING
The government has rehashed public street space larger than the Avenue of Stars waterfront park into free overnight truck and tourist coach parking over the last few years, with plans to accelerate […]
MTR TO CUT OFF-PEAK TRAINS UNDER FRESH LOCKDOWN RULES
MTR will cut off-peak train services from tomorrow (22 July) to match reduced demand arising from new government social distancing measures, the company says, with maximum headway on most lines increased from […]
“RECLAIM THE STREETS”: BOLD WORDS FROM THE MAYOR OF NOTHING
TRANSIT JAM EDITORIAL Take a good look at the 12 mayors of the C40 Global Mayors Covid-19 Recovery Task Force, who last week in A Green and Just Recovery committed to “reclaim […]
FLYING FAN TRIGGERS ABERDEEN FERRY BLAZE
A faulty toilet fan which broke free of its housing caused a blaze on a pier pontoon in Aberdeen this afternoon, minutes before the busy Sok Kwu Wan ferry was due to […]
FOURTH CYCLE DEATH IN A MONTH AS MINIBUS APPEARS TO SHUNT CYCLIST OFF ROAD
A 67-year-old man became the fourth cyclist to be killed on Hong Kong’s roads in a month, after a fatal collision with a minibus on Ping Che Road, in Ta Kwu Ling […]
INSURANCE FIRMS FURIOUS AT AMBULANCE CHASERS, “FAKE” INJURIES
Insurance lawmaker Chan Kin-por launched a blistering attack on road carnage victims and personal injury lawyers in LegCo today, accusing some victims of faking injuries and sickness while spotlighting the rife ambulance […]
HYBRID ENGINES ON TEST FOR STAR FERRY AGAIN
Star Ferry has upgraded a 55-year-old ferry, Morning Star, to a hybrid diesel-electric system that the government says “will become a role model of the new generation of green ferry” and which […]
PANDEM PRIMARY RESULTS IN ENGLISH
The results of the weekend primary run by Power for Democracy have been announced by Citizen News: the first three candidates in each geographical constituency and the two functional constituencies covered by […]
