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Xinyi to go ¡¥car-free¡¦ on Sept. 22
By Mo Yan-Chih
STAFF REPORTER
Friday, Sep 12, 2008, Page 2
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¡§Hopefully the events will raise people¡¦s awareness of the impending environmental crisis.¡¨
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¡X Luo Shiaw-shyan, Taipei City¡¦s Transportation Department commissioner
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The Xinyi shopping district will be closed off to cars and scooters from 7am to 5pm on Monday, Sept. 22 to celebrate this year¡¦s Taipei International Car Free Day.
It will be the first time the Taipei City Government has banned automobiles in the district on a working day.
The district between Songgao Road, Xinyi Road, Shifu Road and Songren Road will become a car-free zone during the day. People who take the bus or MRT to the district will enjoy a free ride if they use their EasyCard, Hung Tsang-lang (¬x·É®ö), a division chief of Taipei City¡¦s Transportation Department, said yesterday at a press conference at MRT Zhongxiao Fuxing Station.
The department further invited the public to join a group biking activity to be held by the city government on Sunday, Sept. 21.
The event, which will start at 6:30am in front of Taipei City Hall, will travel on a 16km route to the Gongguan Riverside Plaza.
The department invited the public to sign up for the event on-site and the first 1,000 participants will receive a free T-shirt.
Commissioner of the department Luo Shiaw-shyan (ù§µ½å) said the city government has been advocating ¡§green¡¨ transportation with low carbon emissions and encouraged residents to take public transportation more often, not only on the annual Car-Free Day.
¡§We are focusing our efforts this year on building a ¡¥Clean Taipei¡¦ with ¡¥green transportation.¡¦ Hopefully the events will raise people¡¦s awareness of the impending environmental crisis,¡¨ he said.
A survey released by the city government last month showed that the number of city residents who ride bikes increased to 10.5 percent of the population up from 6 percent in May.
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