Hou Youyi, the mayor of New Taipei City, instructed in the Daoan Huibao to care about the safety of the elderly and young people, and to promote the concept of traffic law-abiding to ensure a human-oriented traffic environment.

(Photo by reporter He Yuhua)

[Reporter He Yuhua/New Taipei Report] The New Taipei City Government will promote a people-oriented traffic environment. In the next 4 years, 71 MRT stations will be targeted, and the people-oriented passage space will be systematically inspected. The breakpoints of moving lines will be connected in series to eliminate obstacles, improve the safety of crossing intersections and improve The bus waiting environment creates a friendly traffic environment suitable for all ages and people-oriented travel; at the same time, check the parks and the surrounding streets of the hospital to implement an environment where vulnerable groups are prioritized for care and travel.

Hou Youyi, Mayor of New Taipei City, attended the Road Traffic Safety Supervision Conference this morning (31). He mentioned that foreign media reported that Taiwan is a pedestrian hell. He thought it was a well-intentioned criticism. All units of the city government should fully mobilize all efforts to build a human-oriented traffic environment, and regularly track and inspect it.

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Hou Youyi pointed out that in order to reduce the number of traffic accident deaths among the elderly within 30 days, New Taipei City launched a three-month "Traffic Safety Mobilization Plan for the Elderly" in November last year, resulting in 19 deaths within 30 days in November last year , a decrease of 8 people compared with October, and a decrease of 6 people compared with the same period last year. Key prevention and control groups such as the elderly, motorcyclists, and teenagers have also decreased. Let's work together towards the goal of zero fatalities in traffic accidents.

Zhong Mingshi, director of the Transportation Bureau, said that in the next four years, a systematic review of the human-centered environment and traffic engineering will be the focus of work, focusing on 71 MRT stations, reviewing the people-centered traffic environment, connecting pedestrian movement lines, removing pedestrian roadblocks, and improving crossing safety at intersections and improve the bus waiting environment; at the same time, check the parks and the streets around the hospital, go deep into the neighborhood lanes of community life, introduce the concept of "traffic quiet zone" and remove space barriers, so that school children, commuters, the elderly and the disabled can all travel safely and without difficulty. hinder.