In order to alleviate the influx of cars in the urban area during the continuous holidays, the Traffic Department of Keelung City Government plans to pilot the "Good Parking" project during the continuous holidays of the Ching Ming Festival to guide vehicles entering the urban area on the Zhongshan Expressway to park at the Keelung Port West 3rd Parking Lot , and provide free shuttle service.

(Photo by reporter Yu Zhaofu)

[Reporter Yu Zhaofu/Report from Keelung] 228 consecutive holidays, thanks to the slowing down of the epidemic and the good weather, the three main parking lots in Keelung City were full at noon, and they waited for entry and traffic in the evening, paralyzing the traffic in Keelung City.

As the 5-day consecutive Qingming holiday is approaching, history will inevitably repeat itself. The Keelung City Traffic Department has made plans in advance to try out the "Good Parking" project. It plans to guide the traffic flow of the national highway into the urban area, park in the Keelung Port West 3rd parking lot, and provide free special cars. Shuttle service, hoping to relieve urban traffic congestion.

The Bo'ai parking lot, Dong'an parking lot, and Xin'er parking lot in downtown Keelung were full at noon on February 27. Vehicles entering the urban area in the afternoon waited in line to enter the parking lot. There were also cars driving around the surrounding roads looking for parking spaces, plus the traffic flow of local people. In the evening, traffic jams became severe, and even locomotives had nowhere to "drill" on some sections of the road, and the police who enforced "friendly pedestrians" on the spot were helpless.

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The city government pointed out that according to the data analysis of the parking lots, the urban parking lots of 228 consecutive holidays are full of time in sequence: Boai parking lot, Xiner parking lot, Xinyi Elementary School, Chenggong and Liuhe parking lots; as for the Keelung Port West 3rd parking lot with 480 parking spaces , due to the long distance from the Miaokou Night Market and the low popularity (people from other places do not know it), it was not full during the consecutive holidays, and there are still many parking spaces.

Wang Zhenhong, director of traffic, pointed out that the traffic department plans to try out the "good parking" project during the consecutive holidays. The traffic department has set up guide signs outside the exit of Daye Tunnel on Zhongshan Expressway to guide vehicles exiting Daye Tunnel to keep to the right and drive to the west bank Take the viaduct to the Xisan parking lot of Keelung Port. After parking the car in the Xisan parking lot, the public can take the free shuttle bus provided by the city government after noon to go to the East Coast shopping mall.

On the return journey, you can take the shuttle bus or walk back to the Xisan parking lot to experience another style of Keelung City Port.

In order to alleviate the influx of cars in the urban area during the continuous holidays, the Traffic Department of Keelung City Government plans to pilot the "Good Parking" project during the continuous holidays of the Ching Ming Festival to guide vehicles entering the urban area on the Zhongshan Expressway to park at the Keelung Port West 3rd Parking Lot , and provide free shuttle service.

(Photo by reporter Yu Zhaofu)