
The Taipei Mayoral Candidate of the Democratic Progressive Party, Shen Boyang, expressed his political views on how to sew up public avenues. Chen Zhihan, Director of the People's Party Caucus, criticized the thinking as being too linear and failing to consider traffic congestion and noise issues.
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Shen Boyang, Taipei mayoral candidate of the Democratic Progressive Party, announced a policy of stitching space under the Citizen Avenue viaduct, but the popular caucus questioned its feasibility.
Chen Zhihan, director of the Legislative Yuan caucus of the People's Party, criticized Shen Boyang's "stitching" political views as being too linear and rash, and did not take into account the crowds brought about by renovating the space, which may make the area around the main road more congested and noisy, and may not solve the needs of citizens.
Taipei mayoral candidate Shen Boyang of the Democratic Progressive Party officially expressed his political views on the idea of "stitching" the Citizen Avenue today, advocating the selection of three simulation bases in Huashan, Citizen Bade, and Citizen Dunhua, respectively, to build them into sports and parent-child use, arts, pedestrian and night corridors, striving to "return the Citizen Avenue to the citizens" and follow the example of international cases. However, Chen Zhihan, director of the Popular Party Caucus, pointed out that this may make the space around the main road congested and noisy, ignoring the opinions of the public, and directly criticized Shen's thinking as "too linear".
Taipei mayoral candidate Shen Boyang of the Democratic Progressive Party today (12) announced the policy of "City Suture - Lighting up Citizen Avenue". Drawing on the cases under international viaducts in Toronto, Tokyo, Bangkok and other countries, he selected the Huashan, Citizen Bade and Citizen Dunhua 3 under the Citizen Avenue viaduct. At this location, three major spatial strategies of "opening, crossing, and transforming" are used to create sports and parent-child use, art, pedestrian and night corridors. It is expected that the project will take up to one and a half years to solve the long-term problem of "cars are prioritized over people, and north-south blocks are alienated" on the Civic Avenue.
The People's Party caucus held a press conference today (12th) "Su Qiaohui, stop avoiding and face international scandals!" The caucus secretary-general Hong Yuxiang, New Taipei City parliamentary candidates Lin Ziyu and Chen Yijun attended the press conference and accepted joint interviews with the media on current affairs after the meeting.
When asked about Shen Boyang's political views on "sewing up" the Civic Avenue, Chen Zhihan, director of the People's Party caucus, said that Shen Boyang's latest political views on "sewing up" the Civic Avenue have changed from stitching the entire north-south section to "selective stitching" and revitalizing only three sections of space under the bridge. However, he did not take into account the risk of congestion caused by the increase in corridors and crossings around the traffic arteries. He also did not worry about the noise interference that nearby residents may receive, and criticized him for thinking "too linear".
Chen Zhihan further criticized that during his tenure as mayor of Taipei, former People's Party Chairman Ko Wenzhe conducted a rigorous process of collecting residents' opinions, feasibility assessment, pure land, detailed design and space planning for the Nangang Sky Corridor. He believed that Shen's claim that "stitching" can be completed in just one and a half years is "too rash" and may not fully solve the actual problems of surrounding traffic and residents.
Shen Boyang, Taipei mayoral candidate of the Democratic Progressive Party, held a press conference today to stitch together citizens' avenues.

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