GUEST OPINION BY JUSTIN YIM, OF STREET RESET Twenty years since its last revision, the Transport Department (TD) gazetted the latest Road Users’ Code on 24 April. The code is required reading […]
NEW ROAD USERS’ CODE BOOSTS AWARENESS OF CYCLISTS
GOVT STEPS UP ATTACK ON URBAN BIKE PARKING
Cyclists are fuming at the government’s hardened stance on bicycle parking, seen in a draft of Hong Kong’s new Road Users’ Code gazetted Friday. Under existing law, and as outlined in the […]
CYCLIST DIES 12 DAYS AFTER KWUN TONG CRASH
A cyclist died in hospital yesterday afternoon after being found injured and semi-conscious on the road 12 days ago. The 60-year old man, Mr Fan, was found lying in Hip Wo Street, […]
BIKE TRENDS 2020: DANDELION RUBBER, CARGO BRAKES & E-BIKES
E-bikes, powerful cargo brakes and a novel bike tyre made of dandelion rubber scooped gold awards at the prestigious Taipei Cycle D&I Awards by iF, one of the top design competitions for […]
LOCAL ENGINEER’S INVENTION EARNS PLACE ON LUNAR MISSION
A Hong Kong engineer is celebrating today after winning a global “X-Prize“-style contest to design components to the new European Space Agency (ESA) Lunar Cargo Vehicle. Researcher Agnes Lau created a new […]
POLICE ARREST 3 CYCLISTS IN BIKE CRACKDOWN
Police arrested three cyclists and gave out nine tickets in a three-day Hong Kong Island operation to crack down on cyclists riding without bells, lights and the illegal use of e-bikes and […]
GOVT REJECTS GLOBAL COVID-19 CYCLING SURGE ON ROAD SAFETY FEARS
Carrie Lam’s administration has doubled down on its anti-cycling stance in urban areas, even as cities around the world are seeing a resurgence in cycling under coronavirus lockdowns and social distancing protocols. […]
CYCLIST KILLED IN PEAK TRUCK COLLISION
A cyclist, described by police as a “foreigner”, was killed in a collision with a medium goods vehicle on Peak Road this morning. Police were called at 8:52am, and the 54-year old […]
GREENING THE “BRIDGES TO NOWHERE”
Hong Kong’s abandoned “Bridges to nowhere” could be transformed into cycle projects supporting a vision of a Hong Kong-wide cycle greenway, according to a local architect and cycling advocate Benny Yip. The […]
RACECOURSE BIKE ATTITUDE SPARKS PROTEST
A new cycling concern group flexed some muscle at Happy Valley Racecourse today, demonstrating against outdated cycle parking rules and regulations at one of the city’s largest pleasure grounds. A dozen cyclists […]
