A van driver struck and killed a cyclist who was crossing lanes in Tseung Kwan O yesterday (12 June). At 12.12pm, the cyclist, Mr Tsoi, aged 88, was cycling across Po Fung […]
VAN DRIVER KILLS TKO CYCLIST
GOVT CLEARS BIKES, DUMPS THEM IN COUNTRYSIDE
Authorities seized 16 bikes in a bike clearance operation on Lamma Island today, then dumped them in the countryside where locals later rescued working machines and salvageable parts. The bike clearance is […]
RIDE OF SILENCE REMEMBERS SLAIN CYCLISTS
Hundreds of cyclists joined Hong Kong’s annual Ride of Silence via video link on Wednesday night (20 May), with over 20 of them congregating at the traditional Tsim Sha Tsui clocktower starting […]
DOCKLESS BIKE FLEET SLASHED BY GOVT CULL
The number of dockless bikes in Hong Kong has drastically shrunk in the last 18 months, new figures show, with just a fifth of the city’s original 26,000 fleet surviving a government […]
NEW ROAD USERS’ CODE BOOSTS AWARENESS OF CYCLISTS
GUEST OPINION BY JUSTIN YIM, OF STREET RESET Twenty years since its last revision, the Transport Department (TD) gazetted the latest Road Users’ Code on 24 April. The code is required reading […]
GOVT STEPS UP ATTACK ON URBAN BIKE PARKING
Cyclists are fuming at the government’s hardened stance on bicycle parking, seen in a draft of Hong Kong’s new Road Users’ Code gazetted Friday. Under existing law, and as outlined in the […]
CYCLIST DIES 12 DAYS AFTER KWUN TONG CRASH
A cyclist died in hospital yesterday afternoon after being found injured and semi-conscious on the road 12 days ago. The 60-year old man, Mr Fan, was found lying in Hip Wo Street, […]
BIKE TRENDS 2020: DANDELION RUBBER, CARGO BRAKES & E-BIKES
E-bikes, powerful cargo brakes and a novel bike tyre made of dandelion rubber scooped gold awards at the prestigious Taipei Cycle D&I Awards by iF, one of the top design competitions for […]
LOCAL ENGINEER’S INVENTION EARNS PLACE ON LUNAR MISSION
A Hong Kong engineer is celebrating today after winning a global “X-Prize“-style contest to design components to the new European Space Agency (ESA) Lunar Cargo Vehicle. Researcher Agnes Lau created a new […]
POLICE ARREST 3 CYCLISTS IN BIKE CRACKDOWN
Police arrested three cyclists and gave out nine tickets in a three-day Hong Kong Island operation to crack down on cyclists riding without bells, lights and the illegal use of e-bikes and […]
