The Spring Festival holiday is as long as 10 days. The Taipei City Transportation Bureau explained the traffic control and diversion measures in Taipei City during the Spring Festival.

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[Reporter Cai Yahua/Taipei Report] This year’s Lunar New Year holiday lasts up to 10 days. The Taipei City Transportation Bureau today announced three-stage traffic control measures before the Spring Festival, returning home, and accepting holidays. Due to the long holiday, the crowds of returning home and accepting holidays are scattered. It is expected that the traffic situation this year will ease compared with last year, and the traffic control and distribution of major business districts and tourist attractions will be the key points; during the Spring Festival, urban buses will run at reduced schedules, and road excavation and construction will be completely prohibited from January 13 to 29 to ensure smooth traffic.

The Spring Festival holiday lasts for 10 days from January 20 to 29. Ye Zhihong, the chief of the Transportation Bureau, pointed out that the week before the Spring Festival (Jan. From 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., the traffic flow is heavy, and it is expected that the return home transportation will start on January 17, and until January 21, New Year's Eve, the tide of travel and collection of fake cars will be concentrated from January 24 (the third day of the junior high school) to January 21. 29th (the eighth day of the lunar new year).

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Ye Zhihong said that due to the long Spring Festival holiday this year, Baishi Lake, Guandu Palace and other major tourist attractions and business districts will be the focus of the city's police departments during the Spring Festival.

Returning home and receiving holidays will not be concentrated on the day before or on the last day of the Spring Festival. The time will be longer and the road burden will be more scattered. It is estimated that the traffic situation this year will be easier than in the past.

The Bureau of Transportation pointed out that in response to the wave of car purchases by department stores in the Xinyi business district, the surrounding parking lots such as Songshou Plaza, Fuqian Plaza, Xinyi Plaza, Xinyi Elementary School, and Zhongxin Park will charge parking fees from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on January 14th and 15th. The rate is adjusted to 60 yuan per hour.

During the Spring Festival holiday, urban buses operate according to the holiday schedule, and the holiday suspension route remains suspended on New Year’s Eve and the first day of the new year. On other days, at least 1/2 of the regular day is used. The MRT shuttle bus is reduced according to the holiday schedule Half of the trains will run, and the rest will run on holiday schedules.

The Bureau of Transportation further pointed out that during the Spring Festival in Beishi Scenic Area, traffic control and diversion will be strengthened. Yangde Avenue will be controlled and traffic control will be controlled depending on the traffic flow. The Baishi Lake Scenic Area will control the entry of vehicles with more than 4 wheels into the Baishi Lake community depending on the traffic flow.

In addition, Ye Zhihong said that road excavation construction is completely prohibited from January 13 to 29, and approved excavation cases must also be completed before January 19, and other construction companies are also required to speed up and complete before the control period, unless there is an emergency repair , MRT or major projects.