| Title | The strategy for developing inter-city inland transportation system in Taiwan – eastern region |
| Dept | Transportation Planning and Land Transport Division |
| Year | 2010 |
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| Summary | The purpose of this project is to research the development strategies for the intercity land transportation system in Taiwan’s eastern region. This study is based on consensus conception of The Master Plan for Sustainable Development of Eastern Taiwan, The Development Policy and Project Evaluation for Transportation System between Taipei and the Eastern Region, and The National Conference on Land Transportation Policy Outlook. Under these policy directions, this study reviews the current transportation system in the eastern region through the comprehensive analysis of socio-economics, land use, industrial development, and aspects of transport demand and supply. Future development plan and strategies are derived to be the basis for constructing and managing the regional transportation system in the east. Eastern Taiwan (ET) is an exceptionally gifted place, so the development should differ from the ways which have been used in Western Taiwan. Basic concepts of developing the eastern region should strengthen its uniqueness and promote its sustainability. Both external and internal transportation systems need to combine with these basic concepts tightly. A complementary frame of transportation in the region of ET should be established which gives priority to the railway system and public transportation environment. Lots of bottlenecks currently exist in the transportation system of ET. In addition, the environment of transportation in ET has lacked an integrated service system. The above problems result in “seams” among transportation service. Therefore, it could adopt the framework of development strategies of “alleviating pressure, and filling up seams” to mend the transportation environment in ET, gradually. The six important development strategies are listed below. Eliminate railway bottlenecks and improve the whole railway system: because ET mainly relies on the railway to provide external transportation service, long-term bottlenecks should be resolved by investment and operational strategies. The important strategies include: to develop a new straight railroad between Taipei and Ilan, the electrification and double track between Hualien and Taitung, the electrification and double track along south link railway, to establish a rebuilding model of coexisting new and old stations with distinguishing functions, to adjust a dispatch plan for trains between Taipei and Hualien, to purchase intercity trains for eastern line by original plans, to make the eastern line railway into a sightseeing railway, to consolidate Tze-Chinag Expresses on the eastern line and HSR trains, and to review the current system of selling tickets. Establish a safe, reliable, and beautiful highway system in ET: in order to improve the safety and reliability of connecting roads between Hualien and Taitung, the long-existing bottlenecks should be resolved by construction and operational strategies. The important strategies include: to promote the “improvement plan for the highway between Suao and Hualien” deliberately, to set an improvement plan for the south link highway into action continuously, to construct a high grade landscape passage and network system for Ilan, Hualien, and Taitung, and the implementation of other high related strategies. The last three strategies have to be performed on the premise of environmental protection. Set up a high quality and seamless intermodal transportation system: ET suits the development of a railway system because of its long, narrow topography, but it still has to cooperate with a well-developed shuttle service in the region. The strategies should include: to optimize a basic transit function around stations and their surroundings, to plan and establish a multi-level transit center of life and sightseeing railway system, to draw up a plan for the intermodal transportation of the railway and highway, to enact legislation for quasi-public transportation or para-transit service, and to design a reward program to promote system integration. Reinforce the service of living and sightseeing transportation: residents and travelers are the major users of the eastern transportation system. Therefore, the whole transportation system should be reviewed and redesigned to coincide with the demand of living and sightseeing activities. The strategies could include: to map out a TOD plan along the line of trains and shuttle buses, to set up a traffic calm area, to build up pathway network with distinguishing features, to set up a bicycle network, to construct a high grade landscape highway network system, to promote an off-road parking environment and design incentives of parking management, to enhance the integration of land development and public transportation investment, to exercise ITS, to establish an integrated service platform for sightseeing transportation, to develop a demand-response and activity oriented para-transit system, to encourage diversified amusement transportation, and to draft a plan for transportation management and shuttle service for large-scale festivals. Strengthen sea and air transportation systems: the convenience of sea and air transportation not only has a significant impact on the level of convenience for eastern and off-shore island residents, but is also the key to the success of developing tourism. The strategies of port and airport development in ET may include: to review current resources of commercial ports and fishing ports, to intensify development of sightseeing activities on the sea, to handle sand and gravel transportation properly in order to avoid conflicts with the development of sightseeing activities, to resolve harbor resonance of Hualien Harbor, to satisfy the basic demand of domestic air transportation, to develop international charters and sightseeing activities on the sea energetically, to consolidate the shuttle and information service of ports and airports, to build up a fair subsidy system for off-shore island transportation, and to develop flying activities and a helicopter rescue system. Reduce the impact from sand and gravel transportation: in order to reduce the excessive stress from sand and gravel transportation in the eastern transportation system, the suggested strategies include: to review policies of gravel transition from the east to west side of Taiwan, to limit the total volume of dredging and allot sand and gravel, to set up a gravel transit supply center and control driving routes and time, to use sea transportation, railway, and imported gravel from China to share the traffic burden of highways, and to build up an information system for managing sand and gravel. |
| Post date | 2010/04/13 |
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