Police arrested a van driver yesterday morning after a fatal pedestrian collision which killed a 75-year-old woman. Driver Mr Choi, 42, was turning right into Ma Wang Road underneath Long Ping MTR […]
VAN DRIVER ARRESTED AFTER FATAL YUEN LONG PEDESTRIAN SMASH
STOLEN CYCLE LANES: TRANSPORT DEPT BACKTRACKS ON ITS “POLICE REPORT” CLAIM
Villagers who steal Tai Po cycle lanes for use as their own private driveways are getting a free pass from Transport Department (TD), which now says it has not reported stolen or […]
$1000 FINE FOR MAN CONVICTED OF ASSAULTING TRANSIT JAM EDITOR
A man who attacked Transit Jam founder and editor James Ockenden has been convicted of assault and fined $1000. The violent incident happened in September 2020, after Ockenden, who was walking with […]
MONITORING BOOTLEG FUEL MERCHANTS NOT IN LINE WITH HK’S BUSINESS IDEALS, SAYS SECURITY BUREAU
The government has kyboshed a plan to tackle dangerous and illegal filling stations at source, claiming to do so “would not be in line with the Government’s principle of facilitating the business […]
GOVT FALSELY CLAIMS WALKABILITY CONTRACT WAS DELETED BEFORE SOHO “MISHAP” QUESTIONING
The deletion of a $13.9 million pedestrianisation contract from a government website was part of a routine “updating exercise” that began before a fatal crash in Soho and was not related to […]
GOVT INVESTIGATING “MORE PRECISE” CRASH REPORTING LANGUAGE
The government’s top transport advisory body is investigating a change of language in describing road carnage to “be more precise”, according to Transport Advisory Committee (TAC) head Professor Stephen Cheung. Cheung […]
KMB ORDERS 72 NEW DIESEL BUSES FROM UK
Hong Kong’s largest franchised bus operator KMB has placed an order for 72 diesel-powered Enviro500 double-decker buses from Alexander Dennis in the UK, with no word on the timeframe for delivery. The […]
“AGITATED” TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT MAY HAVE DELETED PROJECT RECORDS ON CHALLENGING QUESTIONS
The government has been “agitated” by questioning over walkability projects in the wake of the death of a young woman on the streets of Soho last weekend, and may have deleted project […]
64 YR-OLD MINIBUS DRIVER PLOUGHS INTO THREE PEDESTRIANS, TAXI STAND, DIES WITHOUT APPARENT INJURIES
A minibus driver has died, without apparent injury, after reportedly losing control of his bus, knocking over three pedestrians and smashing into a taxi stand in Sheung Shui last night. 64-year-old Mr […]
ELDERLY COUPLE MOWN DOWN BY TAXI DRIVER: WIFE, 81, DIES IN HOSPITAL, 88-YR-OLD HUSBAND NOW CRITICAL
An 81-year-old woman died in hospital early this morning while her husband remains in a critical state in the same hospital, after both were hit by a taxi driver as they took […]
