Kai Tak Cruise Terminal boss Jeff Bent said he is “not mourning” the cancellation of the Kai Tak monorail and called for more car parking on the former airport runway site as […]
BUILD MORE CAR PARKING AT KAI TAK: CRUISE TERMINAL BOSS
PEDESTRIAN KILLED ON OUTSKIRTS OF GOVT’S “WALKABLE URBAN AREA”
A man was killed crossing a road on the edge of the government’s “Walkable Urban Area” pilot area in Sham Shui Po yesterday, highlighting issues with the government’s “pedestrian infrastructure” approach to […]
BAD START TO ROADSIDE SKIP LICENSING: GOVT’S POSTER CHILDREN ILLEGALLY PLACED, OVERLOADED
A pilot scheme to overhaul the skip industry has come under immediate fire, with two of the first skips certified found to be already in breach of key road safety and environmental […]
THE GREAT INDOORS: MALL-MAPPING FIRM SCOOPS GOVT TECH PRIZE
A solution to wayfinding in the “complicated maze” of Hong Kong’s indoor environment has won a top prize in the government’s annual technology awards. Navigation firm MapHive says indoor navigation is especially […]
ADVENTURER CRUSHED BY OUT-OF-CONTROL FIRE ENGINE IN SAI KUNG
A swerving fire truck crushed an American man to death this afternoon (6 December), with shocking footage showing the victim, who was on a bicycle, macerated between the truck and a parked […]
FORMER BMX STAR KILLED IN TAXI COLLISION
The father of a Hong Kong BMX star killed in a Yuen Long taxi collision last Monday has appealed for drivers to come forward with dashcam footage to help find the cause […]
PEDESTRIAN ROUTE APPS GET A BOOST WITH FREE GOVT 3D DATA
In a boost to walkability, the government today released its 3D Pedestrian Network and 3D Visualisation Map datasets, allowing map and route-planning developers to freely access details of Hong Kong’s extensive network […]
GUANGZHOU’S ROBOTAXIS COMPLETE 150,000 TRIPS IN FIRST YEAR
Just 100 km north of Hong Kong, China’s first robotaxi service has completed its first year of operation, making nearly 150,000 autonomous trips within its 144-sq-km sandbox boundary in Huangpu in Guangzhou. […]
ICONIC ROAD SAFETY SUPERHERO “GREEN CROSS MAN” DIES IN UK
The man behind Britain’s no-nonsense road safety superhero Green Cross Man, David Prowse, has died in the UK aged 85 after a short illness. Prowse starred as the imposing pedestrian protector for […]
DRIVER CANNONBALLS THE WRONG WAY THROUGH TATE’S CAIRN TUNNEL
Night-shift drivers had a lucky escape when a car came bolting through Tate’s Cairn Tunnel the wrong way early Saturday morning. Taxi dashcam footage shows the car ricocheting along the tunnel walls […]
