The number of public bicycle rental stations in Taichung surpassed 1,000 much earlier than planned, the Taichung City Government said on Tuesday.
Promoting bicycle rental is part of Taichung’s “i-doors” transportation policy, which integrates the city’s public transportation services, Taichung Mayor Lu Shiow-yen (盧秀燕) said.
After introducing the iBike system in 2014, Taichung in 2020 made the plan to increase the number of rental stations from 329 to 1,000 within three years, but reached the goal much earlier, as the system continues to enjoy great public demand, Lu said.
Since its inception, the city has shifted its focus from iBike 1.0 technology to
A self-government ordinance proposed by the Taichung Transportation Bureau to regulate shared transportation services was yesterday passed at a municipal administrative meeting.
The draft is to be sent to the city council for review.
Shared transportation is gaining in popularity in Taipei and New Taipei City, both of which have introduced self-government ordinances in response to problems caused by such services.
Problems such as illegally parked oBikes, which were stationless and no longer exist, and parking spaces occupied by shared motorbikes and cars prompted the two governments to implement the ordinances in 2018 and last year respectively.
The Taichung City Government is preparing in
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has left European governments scrambling to ensure that their energy needs will be met. Germany the no 1 buyer of Russian gas in recent years is said to be reconsidering a commitment to close down its last few nuclear power stations at the end of this year, while a political deal made late last year to phase out coal by 2030 may well unravel. Several smaller economies, among them Bulgaria and Finland, are even more dependent on Russian gas than Germany.
Taiwan isn’t so exposed. Last year, 14.7 percent of the coal burned in Taiwan
Music played for the deceased using the traditional <i>nanguan</i> (南管) and <i>beiguan</i> (北管) music forms celebrate the philosophy of life, morals and the values of Taiwanese, and therefore should not be discriminated against, an academic said on Saturday.
A video clip uploaded to the Internet on Friday showed a Taichung Municipal Taichung First Senior High School music teacher surnamed Lu (呂) yelling at a group of students for giving a presentation on <i>nanguan</i> and <i>beiguan</i> music, and a “soul guiding” music piece for their report on traditional Chinese instruments.
Soul guiding is a Taiwanese folk custom comprised of rituals and music, said
The Taichung City Government on Friday said it would enshrine its goal of achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050 in a local ordinance.
It said that the ordinance would be introduced in the spirit of the COP26 climate summit, where world leaders in November last year agreed on a goal of cutting global emissions by 30 percent by 2030, with some countries setting later dates for themselves.
Although Taiwan did not participate in the UN summit, Taichung would require zero emissions from “energy production, industry, residential buildings, public transportation, agriculture and environmental sources” by 2050.
The city would promote efficient energy