The project was implemented from January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019. The project was evaluated the inspected procedures of the motor-exhaust inspecting stations. The aims of the project include improving the service quality of the stations, enhancing the public trust, ensuring that all the stations are doing well, improving air quality of Taipei city, sending inspect notices to motorcycle owners, assisting people to inform the authorities of unlawful pollutant motors and promoting the replacement of two-stroke engine scooters to electric scooters. The first draft of the final report was submitted by November 20, 2019. The following are as follows:
1. Improve service quality and public trust
This year, quality evaluations for 554 stations were completed. The most common mistakes are analyzer correction and maintenance. The failed stations had taken the corrective actions and passed the re-examination immediately or within three days (not including holidays). Staffs reviewed again the failed stations for station qualified. The recommendation was made as inspect the station in different levels of quality.
2. Assuring stations performance the inspections appropriately
(1) Auditors training
Two training classes were completed on March 4, 2019 and August 26, 2019, respectively. The training class including project introduction, working methods and job arrangement were provided to the auditors. The auditors who completed the training are expected to execute their job with a better standard.
(2) Inspectors training
The first and second inspector training classes were completed on May 3, 2019 and October 13, 2019, respectively. The main subjects of the training not only introducing new rules of decree ‘The set up and management approach of the checkpoint for the air pollutants emission scooter.’, but explaining the added or modified items of inspection and evaluation this year, the plan of execution items for assessment evaluation, and the guide for enhancing on-site inspection rate. Furthermore, it covers the review past statistics and checkpoints. Upon the completion of the training, the inspector of the stations is expected to not only fully understand the rules, ordinances, and activities but also provide the highest quality of service.
3. Assist in handling the pollutant motor complaint
Sending inspection notices to a pollutant motor owner, filing records, statistical analysis, outputting report, examining and allocating funds, and assisting dealing with related works for Environmental Protection Bureau are key tasks of this project. In the year of 2019, 799 cases of pollutant motor complaint were reported. 204 of them should be conducted.
4. Making and sending the periodic motorcycle exhaust inspection notices to Taipei motorcycle owners
There were 730,000 pieces of the periodic motorcycle exhaust inspection notices have been sent in 2019. There were 12,680 pieces were returned; the return rate was 1.7%, all of these were archived.
5. Establish on-line communication with motor-exhaust inspection stations and enhance inspection documentation
A management system, “Taipei motor-exhaust inspecting station real-time information management system” was maintained to improve the efficiency of data processing and provide information for statistical analysis. The system monitors the data flow of the inspection station, and allows online register. The system also has the statistical and analyzing functions for the responsibility of monitoring and counseling.
6. The promotion of two-stroke engine scrapped to redemption or newly purchased of electric motorcycle
In 2019, Department of Environmental Protection, Taipei City Government uses the allowance from the Environmental Protection Administration to apply accelerated the two-stroke engine scrapped for low pollution electric motorcycle. In 2019, the numbers of 3,428 scooters got eliminating subsidy, 869 scooters got subsidy for redemption of electric motorcycle and 8,066 scooters got subsidy for newly purchase of electric motorcycle, total 12,363 scooters.
7. Improve the efficiency of reducing the air pollution
According to the statistics of the Environmental Protection Administration, From January to September 2019, there are 28,993 scooters passed the pollutant examination, there are 815.25 Ton/Yr of CO and 94.76 Ton/Yr of NMHC reductions per year. Subsidized two-stroke engine scrapped there are 3,595 scooters, there are 32.16 Ton/Yr of CO and 22.48 Ton/Yr of NMHC reductions per year.
