Shared micromobility such as e-scooters and shared bikes are disproportionately used by young well-educated rich white men, while the poor, black, female, elderly and less educated are significantly under-represented in the North […]
SHARED MICROMOBILITY IN NORTH AMERICA FAVOURS YOUNG RICH WHITE GUYS
ADB DISCUSSES “NEW NORMAL” IN ASIAN URBAN TRANSPORT
For Heather Thompson, CEO of the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy, the pandemic disruption is a chance to invest in systems built around people. Speaking at the opening event of the […]
SECOND BIKE DEATH IN TWO DAYS AS MAN KILLED IN REPULSE BAY
A rider died after colliding with a private car and a truck on Repulse Bay Road late yesterday afternoon, the second motorbike death in two days. According to police, the 33 year-old […]
RIDER KILLED IN ROADWORKS SMASH
A man riding a motorcycle died after ploughing into the back of a slow-moving roadworks convoy around 10 km east of the airport on Lantau last last night. Mr Yu, 43, was […]
SPECIAL TAGS FOR NEGATIVE-TEST TAXI DRIVERS, APP BADGES CONSIDERED
Taxi drivers taking the government’s Universal Community Testing Programme (UCTP) Covid-19 test and who test negative will earn a special tag to be displayed in their taxis. The tag, which gives the […]
EXCLUSIVE: GOVT “READY TO ANNOUNCE” MINIBUS DATA WINNER
Real-time arrival information for green minibuses could be available as soon as October, according to Transport Department engineers, who say a 90-month contract to run the system is all but ready to […]
STUDENTS ARE KEY TO HILLSIDE ESCALATOR SUCCESS, SAYS ZIMMERMAN
The success of a green-lit hillside escalator will depend on its adoption by students and school staff in the district, according to District Councillor Paul Zimmerman, speaking to RTHK after Chief Executive […]
BREAKING: NEW WORLD FIRST BUS AND CITYBUS SOLD IN HK$3.2BN DEAL
New World has sold its entire bus business to an investment firm and its partners for HK$3.2 billion after trading hours last night (21 August), according to the firm. NWS Holdings sold […]
7TH BOUNDARY CROSSING AIMS TO DELIVER GREATER BAY “ONE-HOUR LIVING CIRCLE”
A key piece of the China government’s “One-Hour Living Circle” vision for the Greater Bay Area falls into place on Wednesday as Hong Kong’s seventh Boundary Control Point (BCP) opens for business […]
HYBRID MINIBUS EMITS 10 TIMES THE POLLUTION OF OLD BUS, COSTS DOUBLE TO RUN
A hybrid green minibus plying routes between Kwun Tong and Lok Wah Estate had running costs more than twice those of its 15-year-old LPG counterpart, according to the final report of the […]
