Taipei City reopens parking on red and yellow lines on roads with heights above 8 meters as Typhoon Qiangbi approaches

As Typhoon Qiangbi approaches, the Taipei City Transportation Bureau announced tonight (22nd) that parking on red and yellow lines on roads above 8 meters in the city will be opened immediately, and roadside parking fees will be suspended.

The Transportation Bureau calls on people who park in open red and yellow line parking areas to park in the same direction. The road should maintain the two-way function of vehicles, and side-by-side parking is prohibited to provide access for disaster relief vehicles and ensure the maintenance of public safety. However, temporary parking is prohibited in legally prohibited areas such as intersections, bus stops, fire hydrants, fire escapes, both sides of embankment roads, tunnels, bridges, circles, sidewalks, pedestrian crossings, express lanes, vehicle underpasses, elevated expressways, and places that are obviously obstructive to the passage of other people and vehicles.

In addition, taxi hailing stations remain in use as originally stipulated, dedicated parking spaces are still parked in accordance with regulations, time-controlled parking spaces are prohibited from opening during temporary parking periods, and road signs also adopt holiday hours and all allocation controls are cancelled.

The Transportation Bureau said that the no-parking control hours on the red and yellow lines will be restored and a separate press release will be issued to inform the public. Please pay more attention to electronic media news and broadcasts. If you have any other related questions, please call us (inquiry hotline: 1999 or 02-27590666 ext. 6415).

The Education Bureau has also designated some school parking lots, the parking lot attached to the Taipei Mass Rapid Transit Co., Ltd. Muzha Machinery Factory, and the Taipei Agricultural Products Transportation and Marketing Co., Ltd. Second Wholesale Market parking lot and other places to also open parking. Details are announced by the management agencies (institutions) of each place.

The Transportation Bureau calls on vehicles currently parked outside the embankment to begin to leave one after another. Towing and towing operations will begin within 4 hours if Taipei City implements the "Only out, no in" policy. Large vehicles that fail to move by themselves will be fined NT$4,800, small vehicles will be fined NT$2,400, and motorcycles will be fined NT$1,800. Vehicles towed and moved into the embankment by the city government will need to pay relocation fees and storage fees in addition to fines: large vehicle relocation fee is 3,000 yuan, storage fee is 500 yuan/half day (within 5 days), storage fee is 750 yuan/half day (more than 5 days); small vehicle relocation fee The maintenance fee is 1,500 yuan, the storage fee is 200 yuan/half day (within 5 days), the storage fee is 300 yuan/half day (more than 5 days); the locomotive relocation fee is 200 yuan, the storage fee is 50 yuan/half day (within 5 days), the storage fee is 75 yuan/half day (more than 5 days).