New Taipei mayoral candidate Lin Jialong of the Democratic Progressive Party criticized New Taipei Mayor Hou Youyi for condoning his subordinates to use vitriolic language to conduct negative elections.

(Photo by reporter Weng Yuhuang)

[Reporter Weng Yuhuang/New Taipei Report] Lin Jialong, a candidate for mayor of New Taipei City of the Democratic Progressive Party, pointed out today that the "Xibei MRT" he was talking about was an upgraded version of the "Wutai Light Rail", but was accused by the New Taipei City MRT Engineering Bureau as plagiarism. Li Zhengan is a civil servant of the New Taipei City government, but he uses emotional language and vitriol, which is even more harsh than the campaign headquarters. Li Zhengan responded to this. He wants to explain that the grassroots colleagues of the MRT Bureau are earnestly planning and constructing. Public equipment is used for private use. In the future, if there is any false accusation against the construction of New Taipei Metro, it will still be clarified and severely refuted.

In the morning, Lin Jialong participated in the joint election of the Democratic Progressive Party's triple and Luzhou district councilor candidate Yan Weici. During the interview, he pointed out that democratic elections are like carnivals. Everyone is happy and lively. "It is an upgraded version of "Wutai Light Rail", one is a flat light rail, and the other is a three-dimensional MRT of China Transit. The number of people served is 10 times worse, and the functions that can be generated are also different. The light rail is more in the periphery of the city, in the core The district should focus on the three-dimensional MRT. Important policy differences can be discussed and debated. Don’t use emotional language and harsh words.

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He wants to tell these people, especially Li Zhengan, that Lin Jialong also served as Minister of Transportation, including Xidong MRT, Linkou Interchange, Tambei Road, etc., and helped New Taipei solve so many problems, "I won't blame it without thanks, But you don't want to eat the fruit and file the head of the tree." There is no basic respect. Hou Youyi, the mayor of New Taipei City, not only condones them, but also encourages them to fight back.

The MRT Bureau responded that Wugu and Taishan Light Rail Transit in the 3rd ring and 6th line of the New Taipei MRT were reviewed and approved by Lin Jialong when he was the Minister of Transportation. Now Lin Jialong is running for the mayor of New Taipei, the team held a press conference to issue a press release criticizing Wutai Light Rail. MRT, but the content of Xibei MRT he advocated is false and the quotation is wrong. For example, the traffic volume between Wugu Taishan Light Rail MRT stations is 4,586 passengers per hour, which is deliberately written as 2,500 passengers per hour, and the shift interval is 3.2 minutes. Change to 12-minute shifts.

The Xibei MRT has no planning map, and the route is not marked. There are only the same transfer stations as the Wu, Thailand, and Ban light rails. The traffic volume between stations on the same route is as high as 20,000 passengers per hour, and the shift distance is 8 minutes. According to this data It is calculated that 2,700 people must be carried in one train, which is 700 more than 2,000 people per train of high-capacity trains on the Bannan Line. The 15,000 person-times per hour of the MRT Ring Line and the Wanda-Zhongshan and Shulin Lines are even higher than 5,000 people. These are all deceiving the public, distorting the Wutai Light Rail Transit and causing misunderstandings by the public.