A fresh operation against electric bicycles netted three riders yesterday, at least one of them a food delivery worker, as police continued their crackdown at “blackspots” around the city. The […]
COPS ARREST THREE E-BIKE RIDERS IN NORTH POINT
POLICE CONTINUE QUEST TO ERADICATE E-MOBILITY, ARRESTING FOOD DELIVERY RIDER IN TKO
Hong Kong has reiterated its zero-tolerance approach to e-mobility devices, with police today arresting a food delivery worker for riding an e-bike and warning that such machines “can cause fatal traffic accidents”. […]
E-BIKE CRACKDOWN GATHERS PACE, SIX BUSTED IN OPERATION “GOLDENSUN”
Cops from North Territories North swept through Tai Po, Tuen Mun, Sheung Shui and Lok Ma Chau this week on a two-day operation to combat illegal e-bikes and scooters. The operation, under […]
SECOND CHEUNG CHAU E-BIKE ARREST IN WEEKS, RIDER FACES FIVE CHARGES
Police today arrested an e-bike rider in Cheung Chau, the second such arrest in the last few weeks. A 31-year-old Cheung Chau resident was arrested for careless driving, driving an unregistered vehicle, […]
“DO NOT TEST THE LAW”: COPS ARREST E-CARGO RIDER, HUNT E-SKATEBOARDER
Police are hunting an e-skateboard rider and have busted an e-cargo rider in apparently unconnected operations to crack down on the use of e-mobility devices. In Cheung Chau, a 20-year-old man caught […]
“INNOVATIVE AND STEALTHY”: SMUGGLERS PICK E-BIKE FOR LAST-MILE SPEEDBOAT TRANSFER
An “electric bicycle”, as labelled by Customs, was the last-mile solution of choice for a gang of smugglers, who used the machine in their midnight plan to shift two truckloads of illicit […]
FULL DRIVING LICENCE, HK$820 REQUIRED FOR E-BIKE/E-SCOOTER TRIAL
Applications are now open for the government’s first e-mobility device trial in Hong Kong, with Transport Department (TD) offering special permits for such machines for limited AM or PM timeslots in two […]
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 […]
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 […]
WHAT DO HUMANS KNOW ABOUT E-BIKES? LET’S FIND OUT!
One of the largest reviews into e-bike knowledge has just been published, and it contains some surprising results, not least that while e-bikes might be displacing some conventional cycling, they are actually […]
