The Kinmen County Bus and Boat Management Office held the "Kinmen Bus Culture Little Soldiers" intensive cultivation and publicity. Li Wenliang, the deputy county magistrate (front second from the left), led relevant county officials and children to experience the bus experience.

(Photo by reporter Wu Zhengting)

[Reporter Wu Zhengting/Kinmen Report] The Kinmen County Bus and Boat Management Office held the "Kinmen Bus Culture Little Soldiers" promotion today. From now until June, 23 briefing sessions will be held throughout the county, allowing children to ride the bus for free. He also knows the etiquette of riding a bus, makes good use of the means of transportation that parents and children travel together, and further acts as a "bus expert" who promotes Kinmen's bus culture.

In order to reduce the burden on the county residents and increase the incentives to take public transportation, the Kinmen County Government implemented a nationwide measure of free bus rides for county residents more than 20 years ago; according to the statistics of the county government, about 3.6 million passengers took the bus last year, including county students. More than 1.43 million passengers, accounting for about 40% of the total passenger trips.

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The first station of the publicity campaign for the little soldiers on the bus was launched at Zhongzheng Elementary School. Li Wenliang, the deputy magistrate of Kinmen County, led Li Mingpei, the director of the tourism department of the county government, Hong Pingxuan, the deputy director of the education department, Cai Xuefang, the principal of Zhongzheng Elementary School, and those who participated in the promotion activities Small representatives from all over the world attended the event.

Li Wenliang pointed out from his own experience that he often took the No. 3 Kinmen bus when he went to Taiwan and returned home. At first, it was not easy to understand the direction of the bus at the airport. Later, he found that there were arrows at the waiting station. , There are also times when you need to learn when taking the bus.

In this regard, Wu Zhiwei, director of Kinmen bus and ship department, said that because many passengers reported similar problems, the bus driver has been asked to verbally explain the departure direction of the bus at each station, so as to prevent people from taking the wrong bus.

Wu Zhiwei said that the promotion of public transportation and the concept of traffic safety will take root downwards, and they will seek funding from the Ministry of Communications for publicity. The teaching materials for this event are designed to combine "knowing the means of transportation", "knowing the software and hardware equipment of the bus", and "the steps of taking the bus" , "Bus Safety", "Bus Etiquette" 5 main axes, and then use the bus to tour the campus, with lively and interesting courses, let the primary school students enter the bus to familiarize themselves with the equipment in the car, and follow the steps of "learning", "experience" and "feedback" Situational teaching, willing to learn about the bus, and integrate what you have learned into your life.

Wu Zhiwei emphasized that low-carbon transportation is an important vision and goal of the low-carbon island policy. In order to alleviate carbon emission pollution, the public is encouraged to share public transport vehicles to reduce mobile pollution sources and road congestion caused by a large number of private vehicles. .

The promotion of the "Kinmen Bus Culture Little Soldiers" activity is to hope that children will develop a correct concept of buses from an early age, develop the habit of taking buses, and work together to create a low-carbon and safe transportation environment, becoming excellent bus soldiers, and will The concept of taking a car extends to the relationship between parents and children.

The bus and boat department said that the fan page of the bus and boat department (https://www.facebook.com/bus.kinmen) also invites folks to name the mascot. At that time, 5 names will be selected from the proposals and provided to participate in the little soldier training course The children voted together to decide the name of the mascot; after the campus publicity session, an additional off-campus teaching session will be introduced to introduce the Taiwan Kinmen Line tour, allowing elementary school students to take a bus tour to Kinmen.

The Kinmen County Bus and Boat Management Office held a "Kinmen Bus Culture Little Soldiers" intensive cultivation promotion. Li Wenliang, the deputy county magistrate, emphasized that adults also need to learn.

(Photo by reporter Wu Zhengting)

The Kinmen County Bus and Boat Management Office held the "Kinmen Bus Culture Little Soldiers" promotion and promotion. The first stop was Zhongzheng Elementary School. The deputy county magistrate Li Wenliang (fourth from right in the front row) led the relevant county officials to attend the meeting.

(Photo by reporter Wu Zhengting)

The Kinmen County Bus and Boat Management Office held a "Kinmen Bus Culture Little Soldiers" intensive cultivation publicity, and the staff explained one of the exits for emergency escape.

(Photo by reporter Wu Zhengting)