2015 EcoMobility World Festival

Ching-Fu Chen Director-General, Transportation Bureau

Kaohsiung City Government, Taiwan

7 Oct. , 2015

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AGENDA

1.About Kaohsiung

2.Situations & Goals

3.Strategies

4.Future Prospects

1. About Kaohsiung

Rich in Natural Resource Average Temperatures: 25°C

Livable and Green City Public green area per person: 6.1 m2

(No.1 in Taiwan)

1.About Kaohsiung

Area: 2,946 km2

Population： 2.78 million 2nd largest city in Taiwan

Kaohsiung Port Largest port in Taiwan

Top 12 port around the world

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Modes 2014

Car • 0.86 million vehicles • 242 vehicles/thousand persons

Scooter • 2.01 million vehicles • 1,060 vehicles/thousand

persons Bus • 163 routes / 952 vehicles

MRT • 2 lines / 42.7 km • 39 stations

Bike • Bike path length: 755km • 159 public rental bike stations /

2,100 bikes

Ferry • 5 routes

Light Rail • 1st ：14 stations/8.7km @2015 • 2nd ：22 stations/13.4km@2018

Air Port • 2nd largest in Taiwan

THSR • 90 minutes from Kaohsiung to Taipei

Various Transports System 1.About Kaohsiung

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2. Situations & Goals

Scooter 68.1%

Car 18.4%

Bus 4%

Bike 5.2%

MRT & Rail 4.2%

Taxi 0.1%

2. Situations & Goals Model Split Analysis

�Highly Dependence on Private Vehicle

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Transfer from Industrial city to low-carbon city

Industry

81.54%

Residential

8.14%

Transport

6.20%

Waste

2.36%

Engery

1.54% Land use

0.23%

0.88

0.99

1.05 1.06

0.85

0.9

0.95

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89年 94年 99年 100年 2000 2005 2010 2013

scooters/ per person

• Main industrial area in Taiwan ¾ Industrial emission accounts for over 80% ¾ People rely on cars or scooters

• Issue of sustainable transportation ¾ Over 60% of traffic accidents are caused by scooters

¾ 55,000 scooter parking lots / 2.26 million scooters

�Actions & Strategies are urgently needed.

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Scooters Ownership per person

2. Situations & Goals

8 Data source: ministry of transportation and communication, Civil Affairs Bureau, Kaohsiung City Government

Stricter Carbon-Reduction Goal

Methods 1. Low-carbon technological and industrial

park 2. Promotion of low carbon transportation 3. Low-carbon lifestyle promotion 4. International participation

Year Emission Reduction 2020 ↓ 30% 2030 ↓ 50% 2050 ↓ 80%

Baseline: GHG emission sum of 2005

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2. Situations & Goals

Base year:2005

3. Strategies for EcoMobility

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3. Strategies

Bus Reform Low-

carbon Facilities

Low- carbon

Vehicles

Eco-Friendly Activity

MRT LRT

TDM

ITS

EcoMobility

3-1 Bus Reform ¾Route Reorganization ¾Public Private Partnership ¾E-Take Incentive Program ¾Wi-Fi service

Ridership

Revenue/Cost

Cost Phase 2 Min.

Subsidy

Phase 3 Self

Supporting

Revenue

Phase 1 Total Cost

Phase 4 Feedback

Cost 38%

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3. Strategies

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Solar power panel

ETA (LED display)

Lamp

Route map

3-2 Low-Carbon Facilities • Solar power bus

station/stands • Eco-friendly Transfer

Stations

3. Strategies

3-3 Low-Carbon Vehicles ¾Metro Rapid Transit (MRT) ¾Light Rail Transit (LRT) ¾Electrical bus & scooter ¾Solar-powered sightseeing boat ¾Public rental bike systems

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3. Strategies

Cueihua cyclist bridge

West Side Harbor Line Bike Path

Cyclist Friendly Kaohsiung The No.3 city in 2010 CNN Asia award of “Top5 cycling city in Asia” ¾ 755km bike path @ 2015 ¾ Cyclist bridges ¾ 159 rental stations / 7,536 times per day ¾ Free for the first hour (every 30 minutes US$0.3)

Public rental bike station

Zhongshan and Kaixuan cyclist bridge

Pier-2 bike path

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3. Strategies

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Future map Red line

Orange line

LRT

TRA underground

3-4 MRT ¾42.7 km/ 2 lines / 39 stations ¾168,093 trips / per day ¾Ticket promotion for holiday,

event, and activities

Formosa Boulevard station

3. Strategies

2nd Phase：13.4KM @ 2018

1st Phase：8.7KM @ 2015

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3-4 LRT First Light Rail in Taiwan A chance to change! •22.1 km / 36 stations •2,000 person/hr (one way) •The first one without catenery •Design wide sidewalk & bike path

3. Strategies

LRT

Cancel car lane Æ bike path

Widen pedestrian

3-5 Transportation Demand Management •Implementing parking fee for scooters near PT stations •Tightening exhaustion emission standards •Restricting the parking space of scooter •Widen pedestrian path

15% growth in MRT ridership

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Before After

3. Strategies

3-6 ITS center •Ensuring the travel reliability

of transport corridors •Simulation Model for Light

Rail for LRT

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4 corridors projects

3. Strategies

Car free day

Rubber Duck – PT lanes 3-7 Eco-Friendly Activities •Open street to citizens • Invite people to use public space

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3. Strategies

4. Future Prospects

Integrated Public Transit in The Asia’s New Bay Area Maritime Cultural

Popular Music Center

Port Terminal

Dream Mall Shopping Center

Singuang Ferry Wharf

& Park

Kaohsiung Exhibition Center

Grand Hi-Lai Hotel

The Pier 2 Art Center

The British Consulate at Takow

HOTEL DUA Commercial

Center

China Steel Head Office

Love River

Finished Under Construction

Light Rail (Phase 1)

MRT Shuttle (EV)

Ferry Pedestrian Public

Rental Bike Light Rail

Increasing PT ridership ¨

Public Library

85 Sky Tower

Ferry (Chichin-

Singuang)

Benefits

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EcoMobility Demonstration Area Principle of choice: ¾ Public transport system ¾ Main constructions ¾ High involvement of community

Demonstration Area:

Use eco-friendly vehicle only

Travel Shuttle Center

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Travel Shuttle Center Traffic

Restriction Hot Spot

整合運輸服務

Integrate Public

Transit

Parking Policy

9 Transforming an industrial city to a low-carbon eco-city 9 Building up a successful sub-tropical eco-city model 9 Provide safety, health, convenient and green transportation

Public Bike

Last Mile Service

BUS

MRT

LRT

Our Prospects

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For more information : http://www.kcg.gov.tw/