In response to people's need to return to work and school during the Mid-Autumn Festival and Teacher's Day holidays, which will usher in a peak of people returning from the north, the Highway Bureau of the Ministry of Transport stated that in conjunction with the Ministry of Transport's "Joint Vehicle Prevention" mechanism, national highway passenger transport has fully invested in joint transportation prevention, strengthened coordination with the twin railways, and actively adjusted and expanded transport capacity. Today (27th) and tomorrow, national highway passenger transport will operate 1,783 additional flights, with 147,000 seats available for reservation.
The Highway Bureau stated that in order to maximize the benefits of national highway passenger traffic diversion, it has coordinated with national highway passenger transport operators to significantly increase the number of flights today and tomorrow. Among them, the western national highway passenger trains were originally planned to be 9,342 flights, an increase of 1,212 flights, with a total of 10,554 flights; the eastern national highway passenger trains Yunyuan planned 2,528 flights, 571 more flights were added, and there were 3,099 flights in total, which means that a total of 1,783 additional flights were opened in 2 days. The on-site waiting conditions will be continuously monitored, and additional flights will be flexibly opened according to passenger needs, fully demonstrating the advantages of flexible transportation of national highway passenger transport.
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The Highway Bureau said that based on the current ticket pre-sale situation, 55% of the passenger trains on the western national highway have been pre-sold, with 45% of the capacity remaining, and a total of 106,089 vacancies; 35% of the passenger trains on the eastern national highway have been pre-sold, with 65% of the capacity still available and 40,737 vacancies. A total of 106,089 vacancies are still available. There are 146,826 vacancies available for reservation by the public, and the overall transport capacity is still sufficient. Passenger transport operators in various countries have been instructed to monitor the pre-sales and waiting situations, and use the maximum transport capacity for distribution under the premise of ensuring driving safety and reasonable working hours of drivers.
The Highway Bureau predicts that there will still be an influx of travel vehicles today. The congested sections of provincial highways include express highways that connect to national highways, including: Provincial Highway 65 in the north connects to the Tucheng Interchange of National Highway 3, and Provincial Highway 64 connects to Zhonghe Interchange of National Highway 3, Provincial Highway 74 in the central part connects to Wufeng Interchange of National Highway 3, and Provincial Highway 86 in the south connects to the Rende Interchange.統及歸仁交流道、台18線銜接國3中埔交流道及台88線鳳山至五甲路段等；主要省道幹道像是台61線淡水至八里、鳳鼻至香山及竹南路段、台9甲線新店至烏來、台9線南迴公路及台1線水底寮至楓港等路段。
On roads connecting tourist attractions, such as the Provincial Line 2 section from Fulong, Wanli to Dawulun, Guandu to Tamsui, and the Provincial Line 3 Daxi section, it is recommended that passers-by check the surrounding traffic conditions before setting off to avoid congested road sections and times; Passers-by are also reminded that due to the construction of the Xuanbao Bridge reconstruction project and the level crossing improvement project on the Miaoli section of Provincial Highway 61, it is expected that there will be heavy traffic congestion during the holidays. Alternate roads have been planned and signage has been set up during the transportation period.
The Highway Bureau calls on people who need to return to work or school to plan their itinerary and book tickets in advance, and make more use of the national highway passenger transport with intensive flights and sufficient seats. In addition, if you take the national highway passenger transport during the holidays, you can enjoy a 40% discount on fares. If you log in to become a TPASS 2.0 member, and those who register for the green transportation service platform, you can also enjoy an additional 3% rebate. After various discounts are added up, you can enjoy a maximum discount of approximately 40% off.
