Transit Jam’s inaugural online forum Rethinking “Vehicles First” drew 45 participants from Hong Kong and overseas for a lively two-hour programme of ideas, vision and debate on tackling the city’s major urban transport challenges. […]
PLANNERS, BIKE ADVOCATES SPAR ON SPACE, AGREE ON ROAD PRIORITIES
BREAKING BUS: NEW PARADIGMS FOR EV TRANSPORT
Transit Jam’s inaugural online forum Rethinking “Vehicles First” drew 45 participants from Hong Kong and overseas for a lively two-hour programme of ideas, vision and debate on tackling the city’s major urban transport challenges. […]
GOVT SAYS 600 NEW PREMIUM TAXIS WOULD “AGGRAVATE DIFFICULTIES” OF TAXI TRADE, DROPS BILL
Citing economic concerns for the taxi industry, the government has killed its legislative attempt to upgrade Hong Kong’s taxi service, stopping work on the Franchised Taxi Bill which would have seen 600 […]
THINK TANK REVIVES TUEN MUN FERRY IDEA, 20 YRS AFTER ROUTE AXED
Fed up with being stuck in constant traffic jams, one Tuen Mun resident has revived a 20-year-old ferry concept that could see Tuen Mun and Central once again linked by boat. Benny […]
GOVT KEEPS 8-DAY E-SCOOTER/BIKE PILOT ON TIGHT LEASH, WITH ONE MONTH PERMIT PROCESS
Eight days, during daylight hours only: that’s the extent of the government’s first pilot trials of e-scooters and e-bikes, with a one-month permit application process and a deposit required for users wishing […]
FAST CHARGERS FOR ELECTRIC MINIBUSES TO DESCEND ON KWUN TONG
The government will install quick-charging pantographs for e-minibuses at the new public transport interchange in Kwun Tong Town Centre, offering quick “top-up” charges and enabling electric minibuses to have much smaller, lighter […]
26-YR PRICE FREEZE: “SMART METER” PARKING SET AT COLONIAL PRICES
On-street parking will remain at 1994 levels – HK$8/hour – under the government’s “smart parking” law likely to be pushed through LegCo’s House Committee next week, with the government blaming economic and […]
SECOND FATAL “GREEN MAN” CROSSING CRASH IN HOURS
A second fatal pedestrian crossing crash marked a day of pedestrian carnage as a heavy truck crushed a woman to death on a crossing on Castle Peak Road just a few hours […]
WOMAN KILLED BY TAXI ON PEDESTRIAN CROSSING
Police arrested a taxi driver after he mowed down and killed a woman on a pedestrian crossing in Sau Mau Ping the early hours of this morning. Taxi driver Mr Or, 64, […]
E-SCOOTERS/BIKES ON TRACK FOR DECEMBER TRIAL, SAYS GOVT
E-scooters and e-bikes could be legally whizzing up and down several Hong Kong cycle paths by the end of the year, according to the Transport Department (TD), as the government pushes ahead […]
