About the HK Traffic Sign Map

What this is

HK Traffic Sign Map is a free interactive map of Hong Kong’s road rules and traffic signs, built from Transport Department open data: speed limits, no-stopping zones, bus lanes, vehicle bans, the roads minibuses cannot reach, where each taxi colour may serve, and every installed sign.

It starts from the questions a driver brings: where can I drive, stop or pick up? The road-rules layer draws where each rule actually applies — speed-limit stretches, bus-only lanes with their hours, vehicle prohibitions, no-stopping restrictions and pedestrian zones — along with the roads public light buses cannot reach at all because every way in is closed to them, and which of Hong Kong’s three taxi colours may serve a given street.

Underneath, every sign in the Transport Department’s open dataset sits on one fast, zoomable map, so you can see exactly which signs stand on any street — useful for drivers and learner drivers, road-safety and town-planning research, accessibility audits, or simple curiosity.

How to use it

• Pan and zoom to any street; signs spread apart as you zoom in.
• The panel opens on the Road rules tab: turn on a row to draw where that rule applies and narrow the map to the signs that announce it, and use “Show all signs” to bring the rest back. Click a line for its details; “Show signs for this rule” narrows the map to that one rule’s signs.
• Click a sign or dot to inspect it. Click the same spot again to cycle through several overlapping signs.
• In the Signs tab, toggle sign classes on or off, or switch to “By sign ID” to search for particular signs by number or meaning; a matched sign brings the rest of its signpost with it. Fold the panel away for a larger map.
• Each plate is turned the way it faces on the street and drawn as if laid flat on the ground, so it reads upright from the side its drivers approach. Signs sharing a post hang together in one column.

Data & attribution

Sign data is from the Hong Kong Transport Department’s Traffic Aids Drawings (2nd generation) and road-rule extents from its Road Network (2nd generation) open datasets on data.gov.hk, used under the data.gov.hk Terms and Conditions. Chinese sign names are from the department’s Road Users’ Code. The basemap is © OpenStreetMap contributors.

This is an independent, informational project. It is not affiliated with the Transport Department and must not be relied on for navigation or as a legal authority on road traffic regulations. Some readings — the roads minibuses cannot reach, taxi operating areas and expressways — are worked out or curated here rather than published by the department, and any of the data can lag behind changes on the road. Drivers should always follow the signs and markings on the road and check the department’s latest traffic notices and road conditions. Everything here is provided “as is”, without warranty of any kind as to its accuracy, completeness or currency, and the author accepts no liability for any loss, damage, penalty or other consequence arising from its use or from reliance on it.