Traffic controls for New Year’s Eve events near Taipei City Hall are to unfold in three stages, along with 62 bus route changes, 114 bus stop cancelations and 20 YouBike station suspensions, the Taipei Department of Transportation told a news conference yesterday.
On New Year’s Eve, traffic controls would be in place along all roads leading to the Taipei City Hall Plaza, the department said.
The first stage is to begin at 7pm and vehicles would not be allowed to enter the area bordered by Zhongxiao E, Songren, Xinyi and Keelung roads, the department said.
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The second stage is to begin at 8pm and would see the zone where traffic control is administered expanded to include all of Renai and Yixian roads, it said.
Starting from 10pm, all vehicles would be prohibited from entering or leaving areas around Taipei City Hall, it said.
The department said it would deploy shuttle buses operating along three routes from 12:01am to 1:30am on Jan. 1, with the services to travel to Taipei Main Station, as well as Gongguan (公館), Muzha (木柵) and Jingmei (景美) areas.
People wanting to take the shuttle buses could embark at the intersections of Renai Road and Yanji Street, Keelung Road and Yanji Street or Songde and Xinyi roads, it said.
Taipei City Hall Bus Station would also adopt the traffic controls, suspending its coach services from 7:30pm on Dec. 31 to 3am on Jan. 1, it said.
Vehicles in Xinyi parking lots would be prohibited from exiting from 5pm on Dec. 31 to 3am on Jan. 1, and prohibited from entering starting at 8pm, it said.
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