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The Directorate-General of Highways (DGH) on Monday reported on its initiative to improve public transportation in remote areas, saying that with an annual budget equivalent to building 1km of railway, life can be significantly improved for many rural residents. As of the end of last year, the “Happy Bus” program had expanded service to 321 lines serving 120 remote communities, DGH Director-General Hsu Cheng-chang (許鉦漳) told a news conference in Taipei. In a span of only a few years, the program has raised public transportation coverage to 89.78 percent in rural communities, Hsu adde...

Traffic volume today on the nation’s freeways is expected to be at its highest of the three-day New Year’s holiday weekend, the Ministry of Transportation and Communications said yesterday. The ministry estimated that travel times would be three to seven times longer than average. Measures to ease congestion are to be implemented today, including high-occupancy vehicle regulations on the Chiang Wei-shui Memorial Freeway (Freeway No. 5) and closing some entry ramps along freeways, it said. Traffic on the nation’s freeways remained “normal” on the first day of the three-day holiday wee...

NEW YEAR’S EVE ACCIDENT: A four-car collision yesterday morning on the coastal highway connecting Hualien and Taitung left two people with minor injuries/ Staff Writer, with CNA

The Ministry of Transportation and Communications is planning to toughen sanctions against drunk drivers following several drunk-driving incidents over the past week, Minister of Transportation and Communications Wang Kwo-tsai (王國材) said yesterday. The Kaohsiung District Court on Monday detained a man surnamed Huang (黃), 38, for allegedly driving under the influence (DUI) and running into a family of four on a crosswalk, which resulted in the death of the mother and injured the others. On Tuesday, comedian Sung Shao-ching (宋少卿) was arrested for driving while his blood alcohol lev...

By Shelley Shan / Staff reporterThe Ministry of Transportation and Communications is planning to toughen sanctions against drunk drivers following several drunk-driving incidents over the past week, Minister of Transportation and Communications Wang Kwo-tsai （王國材） said yesterday.