Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an (蔣萬安) today said that the city is working with Nvidia Corp on several "smart city" projects, including modernizing the Taipei Metro's Brown Line, which entered commercial service in 1996.
Speaking with reporters before a keynote speech by Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang (黃仁勳) at the Taipei Music Center, Chiang said that artificial intelligence (AI)-powered simulation and analysis would be conducted across all 24 stations on the line between Wenshan (文山) and Neihu (內湖) districts beginning next year.
Photo: Fang Pin-chao, Taipei Times
Several major transfer stations — including Daan, Zhongxiao Fuxing, Nanjing Fuxing and Zhongshan Junior High School stations — would also employ Nvidia Omniverse technology to create advanced 3D digital models for crowd-flow simulation and operational planning, Chiang said.
Upgrades would be made by 2036 and are to include improvements to rolling stock and signaling systems, Chiang said.
The city also plans to utilize Nvidia technologies to conduct passenger-flow simulations, focusing on platform evacuation during peak hours, the impact of service disruptions and ridership-capacity management, he added.
"We will continue leveraging AI across different sectors to build Taipei into an AI-driven smart city," Chiang said, adding that the city has established AI operational guidelines and introduced competitive budgeting programs that encourage AI adoption in municipal governance.
Chiang said that Taipei plans to apply AI more broadly to enhance public services and administrative efficiency, without providing further details.
Asked whether cooperation with Nvidia would extend beyond the metro system, Chiang said the partnership would initially focus on Taipei Metro before expanding into other areas of city governance.
He added that city officials are scheduled to meet with Nvidia's technical team later this week to discuss future collaborations.
Huang, who is in Taipei for the launch of Nvidia's Taiwan headquarters, said construction of the facility at the Beitou Shilin Technology Park is scheduled to begin at the end of this year, with completion expected in 2030.
NATIONAL SECURITY: Authorities are working to confirm the identities of the military personnel involved and investigating possible illegal conduct and regulatory violations Authorities are probing possible national security implications after Kinmen police and immigration officers on Sunday found a Chinese woman allegedly posing as a tourist while engaging in prostitution involving more than 10 military personnel. The woman, surnamed Chen (陳), has since been deported, authorities said, adding that investigators are still working to confirm the identities of those implicated, as the records only listed code names and aliases. The case stemmed from a report received by the Kinmen District Prosecutors’ Office on Friday last week from the Jinhu Precinct of the Kinmen County Police Bureau. On Sunday, police, along with the National Immigration
GLOBALGIVING: ‘ Caving to external pressure is not acceptable for an organization that has cultivated justice reform and human rights for 30 years,’ one NGO said A slew of non-government organizations (NGOs) have withdrawn from the GlobalGiving fundraising platform after it announced it would use “Chinese Taipei” instead of “Taiwan” from next month. The Taiwan Good Rice Association wrote on Facebook on Friday that it was informed on April 28 via a teleconference call of the change, which was made because the platform wanted to operate in China. Taiwan Good Rice is to terminate all cooperative relationships with GlobalGiving in response to the platform’s “unilateral and non-negotiable” decision to remove references to Taiwan, the NGO said. “Taiwan is in the official name of Taiwan Good Rice Association and the
HEAVY WEATHER: Typhoon Jangmi is due to crash straight into the Ryukyus as airlines look to shift flights to larger aircraft or cancel flights to Okinawa entirely Taiwan’s international air carriers announced flight adjustments over the weekend as Typhoon Jangmi is forecast to hit the Ryukyu Islands today and tomorrow. The Central Weather Administration (CWA) upgraded Jangmi from a tropical storm to a typhoon at 8am yesterday, with the eye located 580km south of Naha city. It was moving north at 19kph. Today, China Airlines’ CI-120, CI-121, CI-122 and CI-123 flights between Taoyuan and Naha, Okinawa, have been canceled as well as CI-132 and CI-133 between Kaohsiung and Naha. EVA Air’s BR-112, BR-113, BR-186 and BR-185 flights between Taoyuan and Naha are also canceled. Low-cost carrier Tigerair Taiwan canceled IT-230,
STAY COOL: The HPA recommended that people stay hydrated, use air-conditioning or fans while indoors, wear loose-fitting clothes and walk in the shade while outdoors Employers must implement measures such as installing cooling equipment, and providing drinking water and rest breaks for outdoor workers starting from Monday next week, the Taipei Department of Labor said on Sunday. Employers who fail to comply could face fines of NT$30,000 to NT$300,000 under the Occupational Safety and Health Act (職業安全衛生法), the department said. Businesses in Taipei employing fewer than 100 workers, as well as registered self-employed workers with labor insurance coverage, could receive on-site assessments and guidance from occupational safety consultants to help them apply for central government subsidies to implement or improve heat-protection measures, it said. Under the Ministry of
RSS