The success of a green-lit hillside escalator will depend on its adoption by students and school staff in the district, according to District Councillor Paul Zimmerman, speaking to RTHK after Chief Executive […]
A year-long fight to formalise an impromptu Causeway Bay pedestrian crossing has ended abruptly after Highways Department (HyD) sealed the passageway with railings. The mass clearance of railings by the government and […]
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 […]
Kwun Tong will have Hong Kong’s first indoor bus waiting area from 2021, with a brand-new ring design keeping passengers cool, entertained and clear of engine fumes until they’re ready to board. […]
“Liveability before politics” – a campaign concept that has seen Hong Konger Jeffrey Andrews called “not yellow enough” and which, in a city sharply divided by the single issue of Hong Kong’s […]
Millions of people could use ferries to commute, given the growth in jobs along Hong Kong’s coastline, but the government must fully integrate ferries into public transport and go beyond its “railway […]
A daily walk against the tide of Wan Chai government workers and exhibition-goers would have most people looking for a new job – but jostling along the narrow O’Brien Walkway over the […]
GUEST COLUMN BY WALTRAUT RITTER One of the oldest neighbourhoods in Hong Kong, characterised by relatively low-rise buildings, small lanes, and no through traffic, Tai Ping Shan (meaning “Peace Hill”), has over […]
Walkability charity Walk DVRC will run out of money by July, says its CEO Jennifer Walker Frisinger, as core family foundation donors shift to poverty and hunger charities during the pandemic. Unless […]
Fiona Lau of Civic Exchange tries out the Social Distancing Machine, showing the lack of space for pedestrians in Hong Kong Mobility activists took to the streets in a social distancing machine […]
