Friends of slain French woman Elodie Ma, who was killed by a runaway car in Soho a year ago, say nothing has changed in the dense nightlife area, with Transport Department just […]
PEDESTRIAN DANGERS UNCHANGED ONE YEAR AFTER SOHO WOMAN’S DEATH
MOTORCYCLIST KILLS 73-YEAR-OLD PEDESTRIAN ON NATHAN ROAD CROSSING
A 73-year-old died after a young motorbike rider smashed into him on Nathan Road Wednesday evening. The 19-year-old rider, unnamed by police, was riding a petrol scooter south on Nathan Road at […]
GOVT WILL PERMANENTLY CLOSE MONG KOK STREET CROSSINGS TO MAKE WAY FOR TRAFFIC
Mong Kok pedestrians will be forced to use a new Nathan Road footbridge instead of street-level crossings, Transit Jam has learned, with Transport Department (TD) confirming at-grade crossings will be “permanently closed” […]
GOVT TONGUE-TIED ON SOHO, SAN PO KONG WALKABILITY DEATHS
Hong Kong civil servants have stonewalled questions on three pedestrian deaths at locations studied by highly paid consultancy firms. Fatal crashes claimed the life of a 23-year-old Elodie Ma on Staunton Street […]
GOVT GASLIGHTING ON MISSING SOHO PEDESTRIANISATION WEBSITE, DELETES RECORDS
Transport Department has scrubbed public records and dodged questions on the disappearance of a government pedestrianisation website, refusing to even acknowledge the planned schemes in answers to enquiries and even deleting details […]
PUBLIC SPACE IN THE SPOTLIGHT AT TRANSIT JAM’S INAUGURAL FORUM
Transit Jam’s inaugural online forum Rethinking “Vehicles First” drew 45 participants from Hong Kong and overseas for a lively two-hour programme of ideas, vision and debate on tackling the city’s major urban […]
WALK DVRC TO RUN OUT OF MONEY BY JULY
Walkability charity Walk DVRC will run out of money by July, says its CEO Jennifer Walker Frisinger, as core family foundation donors shift to poverty and hunger charities during the pandemic. Unless […]
