Dozens of rocks thrown from a bridge onto northbound Tolo Highway ripped tyres to shreds and damaged wheels in the early hours of this morning, with Tai Po police hunting for suspects […]
HIGHWAY STONINGS SURGE AS 30 ROCKS CHUCKED ONTO EXPRESSWAY
GOVT KNOCKS BACK DC TRUCK PARKING PLAN, OPEN TO CAR PARK IDEAS
The government has knocked back a request from district councillors to transform a Sheung Wan bus park into a truck unloading centre, claiming the plan would impede bus operations and compromise road […]
EXTRA HK$1BN RELIEF FOR AIRPORT BUSINESSES
Four hundred aviation companies will benefit from a new government HK$1 billion relief package, helping them face industry challenges resulting from the Covid-19 outbreak. The package consists of a government waiver of […]
WAGE DIP TRIGGERS MTR FARE FREEZE
MTR’s proposed fare increase of 2.55% is on ice for at least a year after a decline in household monthly earnings for the fourth quarter of last year triggered the “Affordability Cap” […]
TAXI DRIVER DIES AFTER BUS SMASH
A 69-year-old man died this afternoon (29 March) after he smashed his taxi into a stationary bus in Wong Tai Sin. At around 2:23pm, the taxi was travelling north along Tung Lung […]
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. […]
GOVT REJECTS GLOBAL COVID-19 CYCLING SURGE ON ROAD SAFETY FEARS
Carrie Lam’s administration has doubled down on its anti-cycling stance in urban areas, even as cities around the world are seeing a resurgence in cycling under coronavirus lockdowns and social distancing protocols. […]
HARBOUR SHUTTLES ARE GO: WATER TAXIS DUE IN Q4
Hong Kong’s much anticipated “water taxi” service came one step closer to reality today, with a local ferry firm winning a five-year contract to ply Victoria Harbour with the hop-on-hop-off ferries. Fortune […]
CYCLIST KILLED IN PEAK TRUCK COLLISION
A cyclist, described by police as a “foreigner”, was killed in a collision with a medium goods vehicle on Peak Road this morning. Police were called at 8:52am, and the 54-year old […]
CAN YOU DO A BETTER JOB THAN MTR?
Transit fans and NUMTOTS will love Mini Metro, a 2014 subway simulator going viral this week after developers offered it for free during the global Coronavirus lockdowns. The game is visually beautiful […]
