On December 1st, there were a number of major new regulations on the road. The most significant change was the loosening of masks and border control. From tomorrow, masks will be exempted from wearing outdoors, and masks can be temporarily taken off indoors in 6 situations such as singing KTV; The cap on the number of people entering the country will be completely abolished. In addition, children aged 0 to 6 and seniors aged 65 can receive 5 doses of quick screening for free from December 1.
Changes in transportation and people’s livelihood include Taipei YouBike 1.0 will be withdrawn, Taipei City, New Taipei City, Kaohsiung County, and Yunlin County will greatly increase the number of technology law enforcement locations, and Beijing City will ban disposable plastic cups, etc., “Zhongshi News” compiled 12 The 11 major new systems that will be launched on the road next month are convenient for the public to quickly grasp.
【Epidemic prevention related】
1. The mask order will be loosened from December 1
From December 1st, outdoor places are exempt from wearing masks, but large-scale gatherings such as New Year’s Eve are still required to be worn; indoor places maintain the requirement to wear masks, but masks can be temporarily removed in 6 situations, including when exercising and singing; driving by oneself And there is no one in the car or the 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 places designated by the command center, in compliance with relevant epidemic prevention measures The mask can be temporarily removed.
2. Free quick screening from December 1st
From December 1st, children aged 0 to 6 (born following September 2, 2016) and seniors over 65 years old (born before 1957) in the fourth round can receive 1 set of 5 doses of rapid screening for free.
3. Completely abolish the cap 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.
【Traffic Related】
4. 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.
5. Expand technology law enforcement on roads in 4 counties and cities
From December 1st, 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. Multi-functional technological law enforcement equipment was installed; Kaohsiung also added 16 new intersections for technological law enforcement and fixed photographic equipment; Yunlin County selected 9 intersections for technological law enforcement.
6. Taiwan Railways added 9 mobile payment partners
From December 1st, TRA added 9 payment methods including Taiwan Pay, Jiekou Pay, One-card MONEY, Oufubao, Pi Wallet, LINE Pay, Youyou Pay, Tangerine Pay, icash Pay and full payment.
7. Trial paperless billing for on-street parking
From December 1st, Taipei City will pilot the paperless billing of on-street car-metering toll sections, and the original paper parking bills will be changed to SMS notifications.
8. Increased fines for vehicles loaded with goods dropped
The Ministry of Communications has recently amended Article 30 of the “Regulations on Road Traffic Management Punishments”. From December 1st, the upper limit of fines will be changed from the original 9,000 yuan to cars that are loaded with cargo that falls off or falls, or that is loaded with dangerous goods and fails to follow the prescribed lane. raised to 18,000 yuan.
【People’s Livelihood Related】
9. Disposable plastic cups banned in Beishi
Disposable plastic cups will be banned in Taipei City from December 1st, and you can enjoy a minimum discount of 5 yuan if you bring your own reusable cups.
10. Taiwan controls the export of four types of wood
From December 1st, 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.
11. Shorter matching time for intraday odd-lot transactions
From December 19th, the interval for intraday odd-lot transaction matching will be shortened from the original 3 minutes to 1 minute.
