The arcades and sidewalks in Keelung City are full of cars, making it difficult for people in wheelchairs to pass.

(Photo by reporter Lu Xianxiu)

[Reporter Lu Xianxiu/Report from Keelung] Keelung City opened 76 arcades in the city to park motorcycles in March, but city councilors Zhang Haohan and Zheng Wenting questioned the policy contradictory and unfriendly to pedestrians. Is it to make it easier for pedestrians to walk or to park motorcycles?

Councilor Shi Weizheng also pointed out that people parked their motorcycles on arcades, and they were given 5 "white tickets" within one day (the notices for illegal parking were issued directly), and Limin was fried.

Shi Weizheng said that a citizen of Anyi Road in Zhongshan District once parked his motorcycle under the arcade of his house, and was issued 5 white tickets in one day. Contradictory policies?

Not every road in Keelung City is as wide as Ren 1st Road and Xin 1st Road, and the residents were billed in the morning, but the district chief was notified in the afternoon that the arcades could not be parked there.

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Zhang Haohan suggested that the city government should further think about the retreat of pedestrian crossings, and the design of the shelter island to increase the safety of pedestrian roads. In addition, he believes that the city government promotes a pedestrian-friendly policy of "reversing the car". Parking on buildings increases obstacles for pedestrians, worrying that Keelung will become a city with "obstacles".

Zheng Wenting pointed out that pedestrian-friendly and open arcades for motorcycle parking are fundamentally conflicting policies. Now that the surrounding area of ​​the railway station is open to parking, only 1.3 meters of space is maintained. Shuangbei has strictly banned illegal parking around the railway station. How to go?

It completely creates a pedestrian-unfriendly space. If you want to open the arcade for parking, you should start with the outer space.

In addition, the leveling of the arcade gives priority to the surrounding area of ​​the railway station, whether it is for locomotives to park, or it is friendly to pedestrians, and it is convenient for the disabled to enter and exit, but it is not friendly to pedestrians at all, and the policy is inconsistent.

Mayor Xie Guoliang said that it is practically impossible for all Keelung motorcycles to be parked in the parking lot. 76 places will be opened for trial, but the eight major situations such as blocking entrances and exits and lifesaving passages will be banned first. It will be between maintaining the law and conforming to local people's sentiment Take it easy.

The arcades and sidewalks in Keelung City are full of cars, making it difficult for people in wheelchairs to pass.

(Photo by reporter Lu Xianxiu)

The arcades and sidewalks in Keelung City are full of cars, making it difficult for people in wheelchairs to pass.

(Photo by reporter Lu Xianxiu)