The 24-hour transportation volume of Taipei MRT reached 2.162 million passengers on New Year's Eve, and Beijie dispatched 2,800 service personnel to join the evacuation queue.

(Provided by Beijie)

[Reporter Cai Sipei/Taipei Report] "Taipei's Highest New Year's City-2023 New Year's Eve Party" attracted more than 100,000 people to participate. The event ended in the early hours of this year, and the Taipei MRT transported 2.162 million people in 24 hours on New Year's Eve.

The Taipei City Environmental Protection Bureau mobilized 745 cleaning teams and small electric street sweepers to clean up the environment and restore the city appearance within one hour of the end of the party. This year, due to the slowdown of the epidemic and the openness of the event, the amount of waste during the New Year’s Eve event was 8.1 tons. Recycling The material also has 5.1 metric tons.

"Taipei's Highest New Year's City-2023 New Year's Eve Party" attracted 120,000 spectators to welcome the New Year together. Taipei MRT will not close for 42 hours in response to the New Year's Eve. From 6 am on December 31 last year to 6 am on January 1 this year, MRT The transportation volume of the whole system was 2.162 million person-times.

As soon as the New Year’s Eve ends in the early hours of the morning, a large number of people flood into the MRT station. Four key stations, including City Hall Station, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall Station, Taipei 101/World Trade Center Station, and Xiangshan Station, have a traffic volume of about 278,000 passengers within 24 hours. Also dispatched 2,800 service manpower to join the evacuation ranks.

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The Environmental Protection Bureau mobilized 4 small electric street sweepers this New Year's Eve, and completed the restoration of the venue and surrounding city appearance and resumed traffic within one hour after the New Year's Eve stage event ended.

According to statistics from the Environmental Protection Bureau, 8.1 tons of waste and 5.1 tons of recyclables were cleaned up this year for New Year's Eve activities, a slight increase from last year's 7.5 tons of waste and 4.8 tons of recyclables. Open diet leads to.

The Environmental Protection Bureau invested 61 disinfection personnel to strengthen the environmental disinfection of the party venue, citizen square, Xiangdi square, department stores in nearby business districts, and traffic stations before and after the New Year's Eve event, and mobilized 745 cleaning manpower, 26 cleaning vehicles, and 8 trailers portable toilet.

At the New Year's Eve site, 66 resource recycling stations were set up, and 264 large trash cans were set up to facilitate the public to throw garbage and recycle resources.

The Environmental Protection Agency reported 36 violations such as littering cigarette butts at the New Year's Eve event, and received 2 complaints about the noise of the event's PA facilities, and reported 1 after checking the volume.

The Environmental Protection Bureau stated that in the future, it will continue to promote environmental protection policies, gather the power of all citizens, jointly protect the city's appearance and environment, and create a clean and sustainable city.

After the New Year's Eve, the Taipei City Cleaning Team cleared out 8.1 tons of garbage, and 5.1 tons of recyclables.

(Provided by Beishi Environmental Protection Bureau)

The Environmental Protection Bureau mobilized 745 cleaning team members and small electric street sweepers to carry out garbage removal.

(Provided by Beishi Environmental Protection Bureau)