| 英文摘要 |
Motorcycles are high pollution vehicles, and it is difficult and expensive to install the pollution control equipment on them. Most of the motorcycle owners lack the concept of regular maintenance. What they care about is only the performance of their motorcycles, while ignoring the problem of exhaust emission. If the motorcycles are old, it might invisibly accelerate the deterioration of air quality. With the increase of motorcycles on the road, the pollutants emitted from motorcycles such as CO, HC, etc. will be hurtful to human health and cause damages to the clean environment.
As the motor vehicle quantity in Kaohsiung City grows up year by year, the exhaust emitted from motor vehicles becomes the main source of urban air pollution. Therefore, in terms of air pollution control and management, how to reduce the exhaust emission from motor vehicles, formulate a workable control plan, and implement the plan actively has been the first priority in effective control of environment pollution caused by the motor vehicles.
The implementation period of this project is from March 18, 2010 to December 31, 2011, and the overall completion rate is 100% (as shown in Table 1). The implementation results are summarized as the following:
To increase the in-use motorcycles control rate in Kaohsiung City, the project conducted patrol inspection on 54,374 motorcycles parking along the road, and 3,025 motorcycles were stopped for roadside inspection. In addition, to enhance regular inspection and elimination of high pollution vehicles promoted by the Environmental Protection Bureau (EPB), the project issued totally 7,026 accusation notices and 6,548 punishment tickets every month to motorcycles owners who did not have their motorcycles receive the follow-up inspection within the specified period. By means of the above-mentioned inspections and punishments, the in-use motorcycle control rate in Kaohsiung City has been effectively improved to 96.88%, ranking the fifth in the nation.
In the aspect of audit and management of motorcycle inspection stations, in addition to on-site inspections and real vehicle inspections carried out every month, the project also conducted comparisons of standard gas concentration at every inspection station with a view to effectively control the inspection and service quality. Moreover, to verify whether the inspection stations have fulfilled inspections and repairs on disqualified motorcycles practically, the project carried out roadside inspection irregularly for checking motorcycles failed in regular inspections and inspection stations with a failure rate of over 30% or abnormal inspection data. The blind sample tests were also conducted for real vehicle inspections, so as to ensure the inspection quality and public credibility of EPB.
To improve the professional knowledge of motorcycle inspection station owners/ operators, the project held 4 education trainings, through which the station owners/ operators were informed of the latest news of DPA and EPB as well as relevant implementation methods. It is expected that such trainings may help improve the inspection and service quality of motorcycles inspection stations in Kaohsiung City.
For the sake of promoting the importance of regular inspections and reducing exhaust emission from motorcycles in Kaohsiung City by the use of low pollution vehicles, apart from one large-scale promotion activity held this year and 3,000 copies of written propaganda printed for that purpose, the project drew 40 lucky winners from the motorcycle owners who completed regular inspections within the specific period from January to July, 2010 to get a bicycle valued more than NT$10,000 as prize. By so doing, there will be more citizens knowing that regular inspections of motorcycles can not only help improve air quality, but also get them a chance to win big prizes from EPB.
In 2010, 6,724 motorcycles were reported as vehicles spewing black smoke and other pollutants -- dubbed "squid vehicles", among them 3,479 cases were reported by uploading photos. There were 2,670 photos passing preliminary review, and 1,087 photos passing the secondary review. A cash reward amounting to NT$109,680 was issued to people reporting squid vehicles.
In an effort to increase people’s understanding toward mobile source inspection and control, the project provides news both in Chinese and English versions as well as barrier free space. Besides, the latest news and relevant messages concerning the inspection stations, defects found in audits, appraisal results, regulations governing elimination of motorcycles, purchase of low pollution injection motorcycles, and suggestion box, etc. will also be maintained and updated regularly by designated personnel on the 5th day of every month, so as to provide the public more information about regular inspections.
The reduction in emissions is mainly due to the tune-up and repair of motorcycles failed in regular inspection and roadside inspection; revocation, cancellation, disposal, and termination of use of high pollution and old motorcycles; statistics of stolen vehicles, etc. According to calculation results, Kaohsiung City has achieved a NMHC reduction of 858.1 tons and a CO reduction of 3646 tons.
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