Environmental Impact Assessment: Taming Taiwan’s wild roads
Chiu Bing-yu, a specialist in regional planning, says that to reduce traffic fatalities emphasis should be placed on pedestrians first, bicycles and public transportation second and private vehicles last — the reverse of the current reality
By Steven Crook
People living in Taiwan’s cities hope for many things. Some might put cheaper housing or quieter neighbors at the top of their wish-list. Quite a few surely dream of more orderly, less congested roads.
To get an international perspective — and find out what a specialist thinks could be done to make driving and riding less stressful and the streets safer — I reached out to Chiu Bing-yu (邱秉瑜), a PhD student in City and Regional Planning at the University of Pennsylvania.