The Central Taiwan Lantern Festival debuted on Saturday. City Councilor Zhou Yonghong criticized the lack of information on bus transfers, and the lantern viewing venue seemed to be breaking through.

(Provided by Zhou Yonghong)

[Reporter Su Jinfeng/Taichung Report] The 2023 Central Taiwan Lantern Festival will be held on February 4th. Democratic Progressive Party City Councilor Zhou Yonghong criticized the lack of information on bus transfers, making it seem like a barrier for the lantern-watching crowd to go to the venue; Director of Transportation Ye Zhaofu said that he will cooperate with the bus The industry considers strengthening the display of bus routes to Central Park.

This Saturday, the Central Taiwan Lantern Festival will open, which will attract quite a few counties and cities around the central part of China to come to Central Park to enjoy the lanterns. City Councilor Zhou Yonghong said that the city government has very little information on bus transfers for the Central Taiwan Lantern Festival, and many people I want to enjoy the lanterns, but I don't know how to get there by car.

Even if they took the bus to the Central Park venue, some people reported that the driver did not know which stop to get off at the venue.

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Zhou Yonghong said that although the official website of the Lantern Festival has listed several bus routes that can be taken, in addition to the people who often take the bus, other people who want to take the bus have to check all the routes before they know which route to take near home. to Central Park.

If there is no stop sign for the route suggested by the city government near their home, and in the absence of more transfer information, the public may retreat.

Moreover, the stop signs of these routes do not indicate the information of the Lantern Festival, and there are many opportunities to publicize the ride.

Zhou Yonghong also pointed out that even if people get on the bus to Central Park successfully, some people report that because of the vastness of the Central Park exhibition area, when asking the driver where to get off and enter the venue, the driver does not know what to do. However, the publicity of the city government to bus operators and drivers is obviously insufficient.

Zhou Yonghong asked the Tourism Bureau and the Transportation Bureau to provide bus transfer information and traffic guidance for people living in each administrative area, so that people who want to enjoy the lanterns can easily grasp the bus information, and should also strengthen driving education on the route passing through Central Park. Don't let the people's way of appreciating lanterns be full of obstacles.

The 525 bus stop sign passing by the Lantern Festival exhibition site does not have any information about the Lantern Festival.

(Provided by Zhou Yonghong)