A focused view of neutral reporting on Transport, brought together across publishers.
Explore all topics →
Yang Yong, the driver of a high-speed train, saved all of his passengers’ lives by engaging the emergency brake almost immediately after his train went off the rails at a station in southwestern China’s Guizhou province. There were more than 140 passengers on board.
At least two shots were fired in a clash between two groups of men near Hong Kong’s Lan Kwai Fong nightlife hub, after an apparent bungled knife attack in the early hours of June 10, 2022. Three people were injured in the skirmish. One of the suspected attackers fell unconscious after being shot in the back and his …
The US Army has demonstrated new robotic vehicles that military officials said can be remotely controlled and useful for reconnaissance and to reduce the threats faced by soldiers on the battlefield. The units on display during a multinational military exercise in Hohenfels in southeast Germany on June 8, 2022, incl…
The electric vehicle arm of Chinese tech company Baidu has introduced the first model of its first self-driving concept car, Robo-1. Jidu Automotive unveiled the vehicle on June 8, 2022, reflecting the search giant’s plan to join other tech companies around the world in a race to develop smart cars, building on the …
Seven-year-old Raha Ghorbani goes straight for the driver's seat when she gets into her father’s car. She can barely reach the pedals, but she can already perform drifts. Because of a lack of competition her age in Iran, she races as a guest in Tehran’s events and dreams of becoming a racing champion.
No media source currently available
Restrictions to fight the spread of Covid-19 are being gradually eased in the Chinese capital Beijing after a recent outbreak was reportedly brought under control, allowing people in most districts of the city to return to work from June 6, 2022. But to use public transport, commuters must now show proof of a negati…
Around 3,000 armed police officers, firefighters and residents worked overnight to clear up mud and debris after torrential downpours and floods hit China’s southern city of Liuzhou for five days since June 2, 2022. By June 7, more than 9,000 cubic metres (31,7832 cu ft) of mud had been cleared.
A cement truck slammed into the main supporting pillar of a toll station, which caused the ceiling to collapse onto a car underneath. Fortunately, the truck driver only suffered minor injuries.
A scooter rider knelt down in front of the driver of a Lamborghini in order to apologise after crashing into it. As a result, the Lamborghini owner forgave the man and didn’t ask for compensation. However, the man later told his friend that he was just acting like he was sorry because he didn’t want to pay for repairs.
Abalone harvest season is well under way in China’s southeastern Fujian province. Scattered off China’s eastern coast, the hundreds of floating abalone farms allow fishermen to collect, sort and transport the sea snails to production companies or other farms, where they are kept until fully grown. China is the world…
A team of 4,500 rescuers has arrived at Lushan county in China’s southwestern Sichuan province, where a magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck on June 1, 2022. At least four people have been reported killed during the quake. The first tremor was reported at 5pm, according to the China Earthquake Networks Centre, before a s…
Sri Lanka’s inflation rate hit a record 39 per cent year on year in May 2022, according to government data amid the country’s worst economic crisis since independence. The country has no foreign reserves left to buy imported goods, including food, medicine and fuel. Among those suffering from the economic fallout ar…
Humans may not be far off from a future that allows people to design their own bodies, after a Japanese-French research group developed a robotic sixth finger. The six-year project involved studying how the brain would perceive the extra digit. The robotic limb relies on electrical signals generated from the muscles…
Traffic, pedestrians and joggers were spotted on the streets in Shanghai after the city formally ended its two-month citywide lockdown on June 1, 2022. More than 22 million residents, or 90 per cent of the city’s population, living in low-risk areas that had been declared infection-free for the past 14 days will be …
Rescuers have retrieved all 22 bodies of the passengers of a small plane that crashed in the Himalayas on May 29, 2022. The cockpit voice recorder of the De Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter aircraft has also been found. The Nepali government has set up a team to determine the cause of the crash and suggest prev…
Indian police are investigating the murder of popular Punjabi rapper and politician Sidhu Moose Wala. The artist, whose real name was Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu, was shot on May 29, 2022, while driving in Mansa, India. A senior police officer in the state said a preliminary investigation revealed that the killing was gan…
A port in north China's Hebei Province dispatched the first freight train under the banner of “pendulum transportation”, on the China-Europe route to Russia on May 25, 2022. China Railway Express (CRE), is a key logistical cog in President Xi Jinping’s Belt and Road Initiative. The railway network has served as a cr…
Fuel prices in Sri Lanka surged to record levels on May 24, 2022, putting additional economic pressure on a nation already reeling from the its worst crisis in over 70 years. Residents have been queuing at petrol stations for hours, some for days, to fill their vehicles. The country’s inflation rate has also reached…
An airship developed in China set a world record for the highest atmospheric science observation at an altitude of 9,032 metres (29,633 ft.) on May 15, 2022. Weighing 2.625 tonnes, the balloon on the airship named Jimu No 1 has a volume of 9,060 cubic metres (319,950 cu ft.) and the vehicle attached beneath it weigh…
Taiwanese radio enthusiasts like Robin Hsu have been tuning in to air traffic in Taiwan’s southern skies. Hsu details the time, altitude and content of messages, then releases the recordings on a Facebook page.
No media source currently available
A severe shortage of medicines was spreading across Sri Lanka as of May 23, 2022, with doctors saying they fear the crisis could be deadly for some of their patients who otherwise would be saved. The country imports most of its medical supplies, and with foreign currency reserves drying up amid a recent economic cri…
No media source currently available
US President Joe Biden began his widely anticipated Asia trip on May 19, 2022, his first presidential trip to the region. Arriving in Seoul before travelling onwards to Tokyo, Biden began the trip with an emphasis on trade. White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on May 18 that apart from addressing…
No media source currently available
Some restaurants have set up stalls on the pavement for takeaway as the Chinese capital Beijing has banned people from dining out, in a bid to contain its small Covid-19 outbreak. The ban on people consuming food inside restaurants, imposed on May 1, 2022, means eateries in the city have to rely on takeaway to survi…
Fuel pumps in the Laotian capital Vientiane started running dry on May 16, 2022, amid a fuel shortage that has been ongoing for weeks. Motorists in Laos, one of Southeast Asia’s poorest countries, have been queuing for hours to fill up on petrol. A weakened local currency, high inflation and the unstable global oil …
China’s latest independently developed AC313A multipurpose civil helicopter conducted its maiden flight on May 17, 2022. Manufactured by the state-owned aerospace and defence conglomerate Aviation Industry Corp of China (AVIC), the helicopter has been upgraded as part of plans to develop China’s air emergency rescue…
Chinese companies completed construction of the Hassyan Power Plant on May 16, 2022. The Dubai plant, the Middle East's first clean coal-fired facility, is a major project under China’s trade initiative to link economies into a China-centred trading network, the Belt and Road Initiative. The 2,400 megawatt power pla…
Hong Kong’s fourth cross-harbour rail line, an expansion of the East Rail Line, opened on May 15, 2022. Hundreds of rail enthusiasts flocked to the new Exhibition Centre Station in the early morning to take the first train to travel from Hong Kong Island to Kowloon. The 16-station line connects the border with the C…
No media source currently available
A 10-day manhunt for an escaped Alabama prisoner and the guard accused of helping him ended on May 9, 2022, after a police chase ended in a car crash. Casey White, a murder suspect, surrendered after the wreck, and ex-prison guard Vicky White reportedly shot herself. Acting on a tip, police found the duo, who were n…
Mahinda Rajapaksa resigned as Sri Lanka’s prime minister on May 9, 2022, hours after deadly clashes broke out. His supporters, some armed with iron bars, had attacked anti-government protesters in Colombo. At least three people were reportedly killed, including a ruling party legislator, and more than 150 were hospi…
Hong Kong’s newest metro station is slated to start operating on May 15, 2022. Exhibition Centre station lies on the new cross-harbour extension of the East Rail line, connecting commuters from parts of the New Territories to the city’s commercial and financial hub on Hong Kong Island without the need for switching …
The Jade Dragon Snow Mountain tunnel, a major infrastructure project and part of the Yunnan-Tibet railway, was dug through on May 5, 2022, after more than eight years of construction. The tunnel is located near Lijiang city in southwest China's Yunnan province. It’s part of the Lijiang-Shangri-La railway, a crucial …
This driver’s autorickshaw stands out from the other Delhi vehicles – its roof has a garden. Mahendra Kumar says the “moving garden” keeps his passengers cool even as India’s capital faces a prolonged heatwave, with temperatures reaching 45 degrees Celsius (113 Fahrenheit).
The remaining Hung Hom-Admiralty section of the long-overdue Sha Tin to Central link, Hong Kong’s most expensive rail project to date, will fully open on May 15, 2022.
No media source currently available
A Porsche was seen smashing through a wall after the driver pressed the accelerator by mistake in southern China’s Guangdong province.
No media source currently available
No media source currently available
Russia on Tuesday April 19, 2022, renewed a call for Ukrainian forces holed up in a steel plant in Mariupol to lay down arms. Russia’s defence ministry estimated that 2,500 Ukrainian troops and about 400 foreign mercenaries are dug in at the steel plant in the southeastern port city. The Mariupol City Council said a…
No media source currently available
Several Chinese cities have been locked down after the nation’s biggest Covid-19 outbreak started on March 2022. Operations at factories have been suspended and transport in many regions has been halted, leaving thousands of migrant workers jobless. The Post visited a job market in the eastern suburbs of Beijing, wh…
No media source currently available
Shanghai authorities have backed away from their plan to relax lockdown measures in the city as daily Covid-19 infections remain high. China’s biggest commercial city added 27,719 new coronavirus cases according to data released on April 14, 2022, bringing the city’s total infections to 280,000 since March 1. Reside…
Frank R. James, suspected of shooting 10 people in a New York subway car, was arrested on April 13, 2022. Police located the 62-year-old in Manhattan’s East Village. The manhunt ended a day after the attack on a crowded rush-hour train in Brooklyn’s Sunset Park neighbourhood, which left at least 23 people injured.
At least one man fell to his death while being lifted by Indian Air Force helicopters after a cable car collision in the city of Deoghar on April 10, 2022. The collision killed another person instantly and left 48 others dangling in the air. Some of those on board were forced to wait two days before being rescued. J…
