A two-tonne seven-seater Toyota driving illegally through a restricted zone crashed through safety railings on the busy Caine Road on the 18th February at 14:53. It is believed the driver lost control […]
SCOFFLAW VAN PLOUGHS INTO SIDEWALK, RAILINGS FLOP LIKE NOODLES
SAFER CARS LIKE “LOW TAR CIGARETTES”
To a machine, Hong Kong doesn’t look so different from Marrakech, Guadalajara or Port-au-Prince – at least, according to new urban design neural networks developed by a team of scientists led from […]
TOWNGAS ‘FORGETS’ PEDESTRIAN SAFETY CODE
Towngas has apologised after “forgetting” to implement government pedestrian safety guidelines at a work site on Caine Road this week. Workmen at the site spent the last week or so digging the […]
PILOT-FUNDED E-BUSES & HYBRID MINIBUSES DISAPPOINT
There are no Chinese- or Hong Kong-made electric buses and hybrid minibuses currently ready for wide-scale commercial use, say the latest reports from the Environmental Protection Department’s Pilot Green Transport Fund. However, […]
TD TAKES FIRST SMALL STEP IN A THOUSAND MILE WALKABILITY JOURNEY
The Transport Department has begun removing some unnecessary traffic signs, namely those which accompany double yellow lines: not, as cynics might say, because nobody ever takes any notice of restricted parking signs, […]
$1BN HKMOA RENOVATION FAILS TO PROVIDE BIKE PARKING SPACES
A day of culture: we visited the renovated Hong Kong Museum of Art (HKMoA), fresh from its 4-year, HK$1bn renovation… unfortunately, cyclists are not welcome, with nary a bike parking space for […]
27-YEAR-OLD DIES AS HIS TAXI COLLIDES WITH VAN
Police are investigating a fatal traffic accident in Sha Tin in the early hours today February 14 in which a 27-year-old man died. At about 3.30am, a taxi driven by the 27-year-old […]
THIRD BIKE CRASH THIS WEEK KILLS RIDER
Third motorbike smash in a week
SECOND BIKE CRASH IN TWO DAYS PUTS PAIR IN HOSPITAL
A motorcyclist and his passenger have regained consciousness in Princess Margaret Hospital after a smash with a light goods vehicle which saw them fighting for their lives. Investigations are ongoing, but it […]
BIKER KILLED HITTING STATIONARY TRUCK
Police are investigating a fatal traffic accident in Tseung Kwan O this morning (February 10) in which a 39-year-old man, named by police as Wong X Lun, died. At about 7am, a […]
