Electric buses must shed weight – around three quarters of their hefty battery baggage – to earn a place on Hong Kong’s roads, says a leading bus expert who calls on the […]
DITCHING HEAVY BATTERIES WILL SAVE E-BUSES, SAYS BUS EXPERT
HK MOBILITY FELL FASTER, FURTHER THAN SINGAPORE’S FINDS TRANSIT APP
Hong Kong mobility plunged faster and further than Singapore’s during the Covid-19 crisis, according to the Citymapper Mobility Index (CMI), which tracks the number of trips planned by people using the Citymapper […]
ELDERLY WALKABILITY IGNORED BY PLANNERS, FINDS HK RESEARCHER
A new test of how well districts encourage walking finds many holes in Hong Kong’s walkability, including poor connections in districts frequented by the elderly, unnavigable new towns and a sign that […]
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 […]
BRIGHTER STREET LIGHTS CAUSE MORE ACCIDENTS
Brighter LED street lights don’t prevent accidents – in fact they may do more harm than good, according to a prominent statistician, who says the accepted science on street lighting is wrong. […]
“AMERICAN LOVE AFFAIR WITH THE AUTOMOBILE” IS FLAWED CLICHÉ, SAYS PROF
The “American Love Affair with the Automobile” is a flawed stereotype hampering the development of more walkable cities and concealing a century of persistent pedestrian practices amongst millions of Americans, according to […]
