3 The life circle plans to launch a thousand-yuan traffic monthly pass. Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Qimai proposed three goals, hoping to narrow the gap between the north and the south and the urban and rural areas.
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[Reporter Ge Youhao/Kaohsiung Report] The Executive Yuan will finalize the "Central Promotion of Public Transportation Utilization Plan" this Thursday. Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Qimai emphasized this afternoon that the southern bus road network is insufficient, and hopes to move towards "electrification of buses, rapid transit, and The three goals of urban-rural unification" narrow the gap between the north and the south and the urban and rural areas.
The Executive Yuan is expected to make a decision this Thursday to launch commuting and schooling monthly passes for the three living circles of Beibei Jitao, Zhongzhangtou, and Nangaoping.
The monthly pass for the Beibeijitao life circle is about 1,200 yuan per month, and the two life circles such as Zhongzhangtou and Nangaoping are less than 1,000 yuan. The monthly pass can take the MRT, bus, light rail, passenger transport, and public bicycles.
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In this regard, Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Qimai emphasized in an interview this afternoon that the Executive Yuan will pass the principle on Thursday. He just talked to the Ministry of Communications on the phone. Kaohsiung will also propose a plan. There are several key points. The first is traffic equality. The city government Support the expansion of the entire public transport, on the one hand, energy saving and carbon reduction, reduce carbon emissions, and on the other hand, also hope to take into account the narrowing of the gap between the north and the south and between urban and rural areas.
Chen Qimai emphasized that the MRT road network in the northern region is at least three times that of Kaohsiung. The number of buses in Taipei and New Taipei is about 5,500 to 6,000, Kaohsiung is about 900, and Tainan is about 400. Therefore, the number of buses in the south The road network is also insufficient.
Chen Chi-mai hopes to expand public transportation, aiming at the three goals of "electrification of buses, MRT routes, and unification of urban and rural areas." Only in this way can the problem be effectively solved. , the ticket subsidies may all fall on the northern region, which will widen the gap between urban and rural areas!"
He said that Kaohsiung City will also propose a plan. On the one hand, it will reduce the burden on commuters, and on the other hand, it also hopes to allow motorcyclists to switch to public transportation in the case of price differences, so as to solve Kaohsiung's traffic problems.
The Kaohsiung City Transportation Bureau stated that the city government supports the central government's plan to promote public transportation use. In terms of program planning, it is hoped that the central government will pay attention to the urban-rural gap in the development of public transportation in southern and northern Taiwan, and develop and promote practices based on the concept of equal traffic rights. It is hoped that the central government can push forward in a sustainable direction in terms of funding planning.
In terms of future promotion, the transportation service MeNGo system already established in Kaohsiung City will provide a monthly ticket issuance platform for Nangaoping and assist in the settlement of expenses. In the part of the settlement of expenses, based on fairness, Tainan, Kaohsiung and Pingtung counties and cities have reached a consensus to adopt the floating clearing method.
The Kaohsiung City Transportation Bureau added that the scale of public transportation and the integrity of bus services vary greatly between the north and the south. The population of Kaohsiung City is 120,000 more than that of Taipei City, and the area is 10 times larger than Taipei City.
However, the length of the Kaohsiung MRT road network is only 1/3 of the length of the Taipei MRT network, and the number of bus operating vehicles in Kaohsiung City is only 1/3 of that of Taipei City. There is a big gap between the development of public transportation in the south and the north. If the central government only promotes public transportation Monthly tickets may end up subsidizing huge subsidy resources in the north, which only reduces the commuting burden for residents in the north, but fails to meet the mass transportation needs of the general public in the south.
The Bureau of Transportation emphasized that when the central government promotes the subsidy program for public transport monthly tickets, it should consider the differences in the scale and integrity of the transportation system between the north and the south. Based on the purpose of equal transportation rights between the north and the south and shortening the gap between urban and rural areas, in addition to the existing monthly ticket program, other proposals must be made for the development of public transport in the south. Relevant supporting policies and subsidy strategies are included in the "Plan for Promoting the Use of Public Transport".
Mayor Chen Qimai suggested that the central government should fully support the three major directions of electrification of buses, rapid transit of the bus road network, and urban-rural integration, especially for southern counties and cities.
First of all, the Ministry of Communications should give priority to approving Kaohsiung City's replacement application in accordance with the age conditions of Kaohsiung City's buses, so as to achieve the goal of electrification of buses.
In terms of MRT routes, new "MRT Pilot Buses (Xiaogang Linyuan Line, Gangshan Road Zhu Extension Line, Yellow Line, Purple Line, Light Rail Ring Line)" and "Emerging Industrial Parks (Renwu, Qiaotou, Hefa, Nan Azusa)" public transportation services to make up for the shortcomings of the existing MRT road network.