Today (12/1) there are many new systems on the road, major changes in transportation and people’s livelihood, including Taipei YouBike 1.0 will be retired, if you fail to return the bike before the end of the buffer period, you may have to pay 350 yuan as a handling fee; Taipei City, New Taipei City, Kaohsiung County, Yunlin County and other 4 counties and cities have greatly increased the number of technology law enforcement locations, and the maximum penalty for dropping goods in a car is 18,000 yuan; in addition, Beijing City will ban disposable plastic cups, and bring your own environmental protection cups to enjoy a minimum of 5 Yuan discount.
In addition, masks are not required to be worn outdoors from now on, but special attention must be paid to wearing a mask as soon as you enter the station area when taking the Taiwan Railway or high-speed rail. Even if you are waiting on the outdoor platform, you still cannot take off the mask. “China Times News Network” sorted out the 12 major new systems that will be launched in December, so that the public can quickly grasp them so as not to damage their pockets due to violations.
【Traffic Related】
1. You must still wear a mask while waiting for the bus on the outdoor platform
You don’t need to wear a mask when you go outdoors today, but you still have to wear a mask indoors and when taking public transportation. The high-speed rail and Taiwan Railways remind you that you must wear a mask as long as you enter the station area, so you must wear it even when you are waiting for the bus on the outdoor platform .
2. Exit Taipei YouBike 1.0
YouBike 1.0 in Taipei will stop operating from December 3rd, and a buffer period will be set from December 3rd to 6th for the public to return their bikes, while the buffer period at stations with high utilization rates in Shuangbei will be extended to December 9th, beyond the buffer period If you have not returned the bike, you must contact the manufacturer Smile Bicycle to deal with it and pay a dispatch fee of 350 yuan.
3. Expansion of scientific and technological law enforcement on roads in 4 counties and cities
From now on, the technology law enforcement in New Taipei City, Kaohsiung City, and Yunlin County will be expanded. 20 accident-prone intersections in Taipei City built traffic technology law enforcement equipment to detect and ban violations such as vehicles not stopping to yield to pedestrians, running red lights, and turning in violation of regulations; the New Taipei Traffic Brigade screened out 16 accident-prone intersections in 2021 for construction Multi-functional technological law enforcement equipment; Kaohsiung also added 16 new intersections for technological law enforcement and fixed photographic equipment; Yunlin County selected 9 intersections for technological law enforcement.
4. Taiwan Railways added 9 mobile payment partners
From now on, TRA has added 9 payment methods to purchase tickets, including Taiwan Pay, Jiekou Pay, One Card MONEY, Oufubao, Pi Wallet, LINE Pay, Youyou Pay, Tangerine Pay, icash Pay and QuanPay.
5. Trial paperless billing for on-street parking
From now on, Taipei City is piloting paperless billing for on-street toll roads, and the original paper parking bill has been changed to SMS notification.
6. Increased fines for vehicles loaded with goods dropped
The Ministry of Communications has recently amended Article 30 of the “Regulations on Penalties for Road Traffic Management”. Starting from December 1, the upper limit of fines will be greatly increased from the original 9,000 yuan for vehicles loaded with goods that fall off, drop or carry dangerous goods and fail to follow the prescribed lane. to 18,000 yuan.
【Epidemic prevention related】
7. The mask order will be loosened from December 1
Masks are exempt from wearing in outdoor places from now on, but must still be worn in large-scale gatherings such as the New Year’s Eve; in indoor places, the rule of wearing masks is maintained, but masks can be temporarily removed in 6 situations, including when exercising and singing; No one or passengers are co-residents; when talking regarding work and filming; bathing in hot springs, saunas and other places where masks are easy to get wet; going out with dietary needs; or activities in designated places of the command center, which comply with relevant epidemic prevention measures and can temporarily take off Face mask.
8. Free quick screening from December 1st
From now on, children aged 0 to 6 (born following September 2, 2016) and seniors aged 65 and above (born before 1957) in the fourth round can receive 1 set of 5 doses of rapid screening for free. The real-name system for the eighth round of rapid screening is also implemented today, and each person can purchase up to 6 copies of 30 doses.
9. Completely cancel the upper limit on the number of people entering the country
From 00:00 on December 10, the upper limit on the number of people entering the country will be completely cancelled.
【People’s Livelihood Related】
10. Disposable plastic cups banned in Beishi
From now on, Taipei City will ban disposable plastic cups, and you can enjoy a discount of at least 5 yuan if you bring your own reusable cups.
11. Taiwan controls the export of four types of wood
From now on, in order to protect Taiwan’s natural resources, the export of logs, wood, carvings or artworks of four species of Taiwan’s unique and valuable forest trees, including red cypress, Taiwan cypress, Taiwan Xiaonan, and camphor, will be controlled.
12. The matching time for intraday odd-lot transactions is shortened
From December 19th, the interval for intraday odd-lot transaction matching will be shortened from the original 3 minutes to 1 minute.