While Hong Kong may not be ready for autonomous driving in the near future, the ultra-high-definition satellite positioning technology behind it already has mass market application in creating a more sustainable logistics […]
CENTIMETRE-POSITIONING ENHANCES FLEET SUSTAINABILITY
DAUGHTER’S MEMORY DRIVES CANDIDATE’S REFORM VISION
Hong Kong’s disabled are being left out of the smart city conversations, says LegCo primary candidate Lee Chi-yung, arguing that innovations from navigation apps to ridesharing ignore the needs of wheelchair users. […]
GARBAGE TRUCK HIT-AND-RUN KILLS PEDESTRIAN, 90
A garbage truck struck and killed an elderly woman who was crossing a road in Aberdeen this morning (9 July), with the truck driver then fleeing the scene in the vehicle. The […]
THE CASE OF THE SUITCASE AND THE BIKE RACK: OMBUDSMAN REVEALS CLEARANCE LOOPHOLE
Removing warning notices from bikes to be cleared prevents their removal by Lands Department, the Ombudsman revealed today in a case study in its annual report, highlighting a loophole in the law […]
NEW NATSEC HQ RILES RESIDENTS WITH BUS STOP CLOSURES
Beijing’s new National Security office in Hong Kong, the repurposed Metropark Hotel, riled neighbours in Causeway Bay on its first official day of operation, by closing roads and bus stops for its […]
HK$293M TUNNEL CAMERAS ARE BLIND TO SPEEDING, PHONE DISTRACTION
Drivers speeding or driving dangerously through tunnels will escape the notice of a new HK$293 million surveillance project at Aberdeen and Tate’s Cairn tunnels, Transit Jam has learned, with the government’s proposed […]
TAXI DRIVER KILLS CYCLIST IN JUNCTION SMASH
A taxi driver who failed to stop at a junction hit and killed a cyclist yesterday morning in Hong Kong’s second fatal traffic accident involving taxis in three days. The cyclist, Mr […]
TAXI PASSENGER KILLED AS DRIVER LOSES CONTROL
A taxi passenger was killed and his companion injured as their driver lost control and rammed into concrete barriers on the Tuen Mun highway last night (3 July). The accident happened at […]
CORRUPTION CONVICTION TAINTS ‘SMART CITY’ RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Magistrates today convicted the R&D boss of the government’s smart city research institute with corruption. Dr Vincent Lau Man-kin, R&D director of Hong Kong Applied Science & Technology Research Institute (ASTRI) was […]
MAN LYING IN HENNESSY ROAD KILLED BY BUS
Police are searching for clues after a 29-year-old man was struck by a bus and killed this early morning (2 July). According to reports, the man, surnamed Cheung, was lying in the […]
