Taiwan Releases Traffic Plan for Dragon Boat Festival Holiday

Taiwan's Ministry of Transportation has unveiled a traffic management strategy for the upcoming three-day Dragon Boat Festival holiday, anticipating increased travel as people return home. The plan aims to ease congestion, particularly on National Freeway No. 1 between Fengyuan and Daya, a known bottleneck.

Drivers are advised to detour to Provincial Highway 74 and connect to National Freeway No. 4 to bypass potential gridlock on the main freeway and its access ramps. This route is recommended to ensure a smoother journey. The ministry also highlighted that the Freeway Bureau will implement a single toll rate system and suspend tolls from midnight to 5 a.m. daily between June 19th and 21st, encouraging travelers to spread out their trips.

To further alleviate traffic, the Freeway Bureau will flexibly increase the operating hours for shoulder lanes on National Freeway No. 1 and National Freeway No. 3 during peak periods. Additionally, traffic signal timings will be adjusted in coordination with local road conditions around interchanges to improve flow.

Complementing these measures, the city government is participating in the Ministry of Transportation's "Dragon Boat Festival Holiday Public Transport Discount" program. From June 18th to 21st, passengers transferring to Taichung city buses within 10 hours of using national freeway buses, Taiwan Railways, or High-Speed Rail will receive a free basic mileage fare.