Types of Roads

Crackdown on illegal use of highway project funds

16 Apr 2012

The Ministry of Transport has begun a crackdown on misappropriation of funds meant to repay loans that were raised to build highway projects on the mainland.

Experts question need for speed in transport policy

28 Mar 2012

Researchers from the mainland's top scientific institution have criticised some government officials' obsession with speed, calling for more resources to be allocated to the development of slower...

Governments seek debt reprieve as road tolls cut

2 Mar 2012

Local governments have asked Beijing to relax debt repayments for their highways, the indebtedness of which has caused the central government to slow down road construction.

Confusing signs the last thing city's drivers need

6 Feb 2011

One of the fundamental ingredients of road safety is predictability. So long as traffic rules are consistent, and road users and pedestrians adhere to those rules consistently, the movements of...

Pedestrians lose ground as railings turn footpaths into obstacle courses

19 Sep 2010

It's midweek in Mong Kok and two pedestrians try to push their way through a mass of people on Dundas Street.

One of the pair glances at the grey metal fence along the pavement...

Opinion

Alex Lo

Church developers remain unbowed by government rules

Alice Wu

John Tsang's confused middle-class claim

Jake Van Der Kamp

An age-old problem and the sums that just don't add up

Demand for answers as gridlock returns

The recurrence of massive traffic congestion northwest of Beijing - said to be the longest tailback in the world - has prompted state media to start pointing the finger of blame.

Officials must take action to curb street vendors' obstructions

As a regular visitor to Hong Kong, I cannot believe that business owners are openly defying officials whose responsibility it is to try to ensure that these businesses operate within the...

Greed rules, and the people are made to pay

Mainland authorities are fond of being called 'the people's government', and their most famous motto is to 'serve the people'. But these days, their chief mission appears to be to 'charge the...

Non-vital signs

On the Tsing Kwai Highway heading towards Lantau Island, as you approach Tsing Yi, you pass beneath a couple of large electronic road signs that were, presumably, designed to warn of problem...

26b yuan set aside for road debts and jobs for laid-off toll workers

Beijing will give 26 billion yuan (HK$29.5 billion) a year to provincial governments to help them pay off unpaid highway construction debts and find jobs for toll gate workers who will be made...

Sai Kung residents divided over plans to increase traffic flow

Residents, indigenous villagers and businesspeople disagreed sharply at a forum yesterday on how much traffic is appropriate for Sai Kung.