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With an estimated 2.2 million scooters, Greater Kaohsiung has more scooters than any other municipality in the nation. Since word about the initiative got out, a surge of scooter owners expressed disapproval because they assumed it means scooters will be removed from all sidewalks.

The bureau’s Parking Management Center last week explained that if a sidewalk is more than 3m wide or roadside parking does not offer enough space, scooters can still be parked on the sidewalk as long as it does not pose a safety risk. Apart from sections of road with public signage prohibiting parking, scooters will still be allowed to be parked on sidewalks without parking stripes that are located in front of local tenement buildings (qilou) which are managed by the owner. This means that the more than 300,000 parking spaces for scooters located in front of tenement buildings, on sidewalks or roadsides will not be affected by the initiative.

The center says that the initiative, which goes into effect in April, is only for sidewalks that are less than 3m wide. An investigation of scooter-parking supply and demand will also be conducted, the center says, adding that suitable roadside parking spaces will be arranged first, with an estimated 4,600 parking spaces for scooters set to be removed.

(Liberty Times, Translated by Kyle Jeffcoat)

 

TODAY’S WORDS 今日單字

1. obstruct v.

妨礙；阻擾；阻止 (fang2 ai4; zu2 rao3; zu2 zhi3)

例: You will be obstructing justice if you give false testimony.

(若你作偽證就等於妨礙司法。)

2. give impetus to v. phr.

推廣；推動；促進 (tui1 guang3; tui1 dong4; cu4 jin4)

例: In certain ways, banning a film gives impetus to its publicity.

(在某些方面而言，禁播一部電影反而可促進該電影的宣傳效果。)

3. thoroughfare n.

大街；大道；幹道 (da4 jie1; da4 dao4; gan4 dao4)

例: The thoroughfare is closed due to construction.

(該幹道因為在施工而封閉。)

 

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資料來源：http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/lang/archives/2014/03/04/2003584790

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