The following is a letter from Transport Department defending the management and governance of the Smart Traffic Fund following our story on the Hong Kong Productivity Council awarding funds to its own […]
“TWO-TIER DECLARATION SYSTEM” PROTECTS SMART TRAFFIC FUND: LETTER FROM TRANSPORT DEPT
POLICE USING UNDERCOVER COPS TO KEEP UP WITH SURGE IN E-MOBILITY
Police in Tseung Kwan O are now using undercover officers to target people using e-mobility such as e-scooters and e-scooters, arresting 11 earlier last week and promising more operations to come. “Tseung […]
QUESTIONS RAISED OVER $1 BILLION SMART TRAFFIC SLUSH FUND AS MANAGER BANKROLLS ITS OWN PROJECTS
The Hong Kong Productivity Council (HKPC) has been awarding itself huge project grants as manager of the government’s $1 billion Smart Traffic Fund, Transit Jam has learned. The council, entrusted as the […]
PRISON CAMERA TECH FIRM WINS GOVT GRANT TO PREDICT CONGESTION
A Hong Kong facial-recognition firm whose artificial intelligence (AI) cameras tackled prison suicides has won a $4m Smart Traffic Fund grant to develop congestion prediction technology. The project, one of four funded […]
GOVT TO BAN NEXT-GEN BICYCLES FROM ROADS, URBAN AREAS
Government proposals strongly influenced by the car and e-scooter lobby are set to forbid next-generation bicycles from public roads, forcing them to use only cycle tracks and effectively banning them from urban […]
COPS DISHED OUT A PARKING TICKET EVERY 10 SECONDS IN 2021
Parking tickets reached a record high in 2021, with 3.3 million of the $320 fines given out over the year – equivalent to one every 10 seconds. The annual police figures, updated […]
MAINLAND TRUCK DRIVER LOSES CONTROL ON BORDER ROAD, DIES IN HOSPITAL
A truck driver has died after an unexplained crash on a controlled road between the mainland border and Hong Kong. 46-year-old mainland driver Mr Zhong was headed towards Yuen Long from Shenzhen […]
TOURISM CHIEF UNAWARE OF WEST KOWLOON DECISION TO RAZE PALACE MUSEUM LAWNS FOR CAR PARK
The Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) is the latest organisation found not to be consulted on the controversial decision of West Kowloon Cultural District Authority (WKCDA) to concrete over prime waterfront lawns […]
23 ILLEGAL HOT RODS BUSTED IN CITY-WIDE SPEED TRAPS, BUT ONLY 3 ARRESTS
Police launched speeding operations across the city over the weekend, arresting three while impounding 23 cars and nine motorbikes alleged to be illegally modified for street racing. The speed campaigns in Kowloon […]
SHOWCASE CYCLE TRACK TORN UP FOR NEW COMMUNITY ISOLATION FACILITY
One of the most famous and picturesque stretches of the New Territories cycle track has been destroyed by construction work for a new Community Isolation Facility (CIF). Cyclists and commuters using the […]
