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 […]
QUESTIONS RAISED OVER $1 BILLION SMART TRAFFIC SLUSH FUND AS MANAGER BANKROLLS ITS OWN PROJECTS
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 […]
“INTOLERABLE” JET NOISE AT NEW FLIGHT PATH ISOLATION FACILITY
Aviation experts have warned of “intolerable” aircraft noise at a new Community Isolation Facility built directly under the path of departing jets at Chek Lap Kok. The noise issue came to light […]
30 “TAXI AMBULANCE” DRIVERS CATCH COVID
UPDATE 16 March: As at 14 March, Transport Department says 57 drivers of 450 taking part in the scheme have been infected. The government says it is expanding the scheme to 950 […]
