Taipei Times
Date: Jun 30, 2015
By: Abraham Gerber  /  Staff reporter

New bus routes are planned to alleviate traffic congestion in Taipei’s Neihu District (內湖), the Department of Transportation said yesterday.

Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) instructed the department to draft new traffic management plans earlier this year to resolve congestion around Neihu Technology Park (內湖科學園區).

Comprehensive Planning Division chief Huang Hui-ju (黃惠如) said that dispersal of Neihu traffic is difficult because the district is surrounded by mountains and the Keelung River (基隆河), limiting the number of roads to other districts.     [FULL  STORY]