A pilot scheme to overhaul the skip industry has come under immediate fire, with two of the first skips certified found to be already in breach of key road safety and environmental […]
A solution to wayfinding in the “complicated maze” of Hong Kong’s indoor environment has won a top prize in the government’s annual technology awards. Navigation firm MapHive says indoor navigation is especially […]
In a boost to walkability, the government today released its 3D Pedestrian Network and 3D Visualisation Map datasets, allowing map and route-planning developers to freely access details of Hong Kong’s extensive network […]
Just 100 km north of Hong Kong, China’s first robotaxi service has completed its first year of operation, making nearly 150,000 autonomous trips within its 144-sq-km sandbox boundary in Huangpu in Guangzhou. […]
Highways Department (HyD) has proposed setting up a new “walkability office” with four directors and 89 officers to reinvigorate over 500 pedestrian infrastructure projects pushed to the bottom of the pile by […]
Bots and messages coordinated through protest forum LIHKG swamped Hong Kong’s landmark climate consultation with calls to axe low-carbon Chinese electricity – and while one bot attack was thwarted by the Council […]
Transport Department’s long-held position that cycling along Nathan Road – or anywhere in Hong Kong’s urban areas – is ‘not recommended’ clashes with the government’s latest climate change vision Battle lines have […]
The rapid shift to “low-carbon” societies may worsen social inequalities and exclusions, with electric vehicles (EVs) widening class gaps and leading to more driving, according to research studying the fairness of low-carbon […]
The only electric truck ever trialled through the government’s New Energy Transport Fund (NETF) scheme is not used on public roads over concern of battery life and coping with hills when loaded, […]
Officials have no idea how many cyclists use Hong Kong’s cycle paths, admitted Secretary for Development Michael Wong Wai-lun in LegCo today, after some tough questions on the city’s biking network and […]
