Hong Kong’s likely next Chief Executive has spoken on transport policy for the first time, saying he wishes to make “accessibility an easy thing for people in Hong Kong” Lee’s comments came […]
Hong Kong’s so-called “water taxi” carried fewer passengers than just one East Rail Line train in its first six months of operation, according to Finance Committee papers to be discussed next week. […]
The Hong Kong Productivity Council (HKPC) has been awarding itself huge project grants as manager of the government’s $1 billion Smart Traffic Fund, Transit Jam has learned. The council, entrusted as the […]
A Hong Kong facial-recognition firm whose artificial intelligence (AI) cameras tackled prison suicides has won a $4m Smart Traffic Fund grant to develop congestion prediction technology. The project, one of four funded […]
Government proposals strongly influenced by the car and e-scooter lobby are set to forbid next-generation bicycles from public roads, forcing them to use only cycle tracks and effectively banning them from urban […]
Parking tickets reached a record high in 2021, with 3.3 million of the $320 fines given out over the year – equivalent to one every 10 seconds. The annual police figures, updated […]
The Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) is the latest organisation found not to be consulted on the controversial decision of West Kowloon Cultural District Authority (WKCDA) to concrete over prime waterfront lawns […]
UPDATE 16 March: As at 14 March, Transport Department says 57 drivers of 450 taking part in the scheme have been infected. The government says it is expanding the scheme to 950 […]
A battalion of concrete pumps are paving the wetlands at Lok Ma Chau Loop unfettered by Hong Kong law, while the government says it has “nothing to say” on the project from […]
Transport Department (TD) has refused to answer questions on a rumoured transport lockdown while at the same time approving a massive bus service cut from the five franchised bus firms. TD says […]
