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“STAY IN ROOM” FIRE ADVICE FOR QUARANTINE GUESTS “ACCEPTABLE” SAYS FIRE DEPT

By James Ockenden on May 20, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

TRAM WOULD HAVE “DIFFICULTY SUSTAINING BUSINESS” WITHOUT FARE HIKE: GOVT

By James Ockenden on May 17, 2022 • ( 1 Comment )

DEVELOPERS LEVERAGE ISOLATION GIFTS FOR LUXURY TOWER PLANS: “PAVED AREAS” HAVE “LOW ECOLOGICAL VALUE”

By James Ockenden on May 11, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

MTR’S CAPACITY CALCULATIONS “BALONEY” SAYS FORMER KCR CHAIRMAN

By James Ockenden on May 5, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

ADMIRALTY TO BECOME “SUPER INTERCHANGE” AS EAST RAIL LINE EXTENSION PLANNED FOR 15 MAY

By James Ockenden on May 4, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

PASSENGERS SQUASHED UP AGAINST BATTERIES: EXPERT SAYS “SIMPLISTIC” E-BUS CONCEPT IS WRONG FOR HONG KONG

By James Ockenden on May 1, 2022 • ( 3 Comments )

SCOFFLAW VAN PLOUGHS INTO SIDEWALK, RAILINGS FLOP LIKE NOODLES

By James Ockenden on February 21, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )
A twisted set of safety railings lie proped up on a pedestrian sidewalk on Caine Road, after a van smashed through and ploughed into a shop

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 […]

SAFER CARS LIKE “LOW TAR CIGARETTES”

By James Ockenden on February 20, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )
Four sample graphics from a University of Melbourne study into city layout, each showing a simple graphical map representation of a part of Paris

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

By James Ockenden on February 18, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )
A TownGas construction site completely blocks a Caine Road sidewalk

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

By James Ockenden on February 17, 2020 • ( 1 Comment )
A red-roofed minibus on trial under the Hong Kong govermnment's Pilot Green Transport Fund Scheme

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

By James Ockenden on February 16, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )
A Hong kong road sign reading End and showing no parking at any time

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

By James Ockenden on February 15, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

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

By Transit Jam Reporter on February 14, 2020

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

By Transit Jam Reporter on February 12, 2020

Third motorbike smash in a week

SECOND BIKE CRASH IN TWO DAYS PUTS PAIR IN HOSPITAL

By Transit Jam Reporter on February 11, 2020
Large Hong Kong junction

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

By Transit Jam Reporter on February 10, 2020
Location of accident at Po Lam Road (Google)

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 […]

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HORRIFIC BUS CRASH KILLS DRIVER: BUS PLOUGHS INTO ILLEGALLY PARKED COACH

TESLA DRIVER ARRESTED AFTER WOMAN KILLED AT FANLING PEDESTRIAN CROSSING

“STAY IN ROOM” FIRE ADVICE FOR QUARANTINE GUESTS “ACCEPTABLE” SAYS FIRE DEPT

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