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GOVT HIJACKS A HECTARE OF PUBLIC SPACE FOR STREET TRUCK PARKING

By James Ockenden on July 23, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Trucks parked on the pavement in Hong Kong including one from IKEA and one from Rosedale Hotels

The government has rehashed public street space larger than the Avenue of Stars waterfront park into free overnight truck and tourist coach parking over the last few years, with plans to accelerate […]

HK$1.6bn BAILOUT FOR TAXIS, VANS & SHUTTLES

By Transit Jam Reporter on March 18, 2020 • ( 1 Comment )

A taxi parks illegally on double yellow lines and a pedestrian crossing, a nighttime scene with the red Hong Kong taxi against Hong Kong's neon

Some 130,000 luxury apartment shuttles, taxis and goods vehicles will share a HK$1.4 billion Coronavirus bailout, with a one-off, no-questions-asked subsidy designed to assist the transport trade in “coping with the operating […]