Radio Taiwan International
Date: 2018-10-12

Taipei has launched two new ways to make it easier to get around the city. The first is an app which displays available roadside parking. Roads marked in green indicate parking spaces available; red means all parking bays are full.

The app works by a sensor in the parking bay, which lets the system know if the space is occupied. At present there are 1,600 such bays and the city government hopes to have 4,000 in operation by the end of the year.

In addition, the city has also introduced easy-use public rental cars. Again using an app, the user locates the nearest of 100 such rental cars in the city and can gain access to the vehicle using a registered smartphone. An hour of use costs NT$168-$198 per hour (US$5.50-$6.40), plus a fuel surcharge of NT$3 (US$0.10) per kilometer. After use, the user must take pictures to show the vehicle has not been damaged.    [SOURCE]