| 英文摘要 |
Taipei City’s business activities are abundant. Traffic is very heavy during the rush hour and weekends in Taipei City or between Taipei City and New Taipei City. Although Taipei City has the best public transport network in Taiwan, most citizens choose to ride motorcycles on account of convenience. As a result, to improve the ambient air quality, the mobile pollution must be controlled effectively.
In FY 2023, the Environmental Inspection Division, Department of Environmental Protection, Taipei City Government commissioned Envimac Technology and Consultants Corporation to implement the “Taipei City Plan for Strengthening Auditing of Air Pollutants Emitted by Mobile Pollution Sources (Motorcycles).” The Plan implementation period was from March 31, 2023, to December 31, 2023. The statistical data were as of December 31, 2023. The descriptions of the summary of results are as follows.
A.Irregular roadside inspections
The plan implementation completion rate was 102%.10,173 roadside inspections which contained 3,539 motorcycles that underwent periodic inspection had been performed or failure on roadside inspections. According to Air Pollution Control Act, those motorcycles should be re-inspection. Cross-checking against the motorcycle periodic inspection database showed that 2,616 of the motorcycles in question or uninspected were subsequently brought in for re-inspection, giving a re-inspection rate of 74.0%.
B.Vehicle identification system analysis
This plan set vehicle identification system in outer bridges and main roads in Taipei City, take 1,549,445 pictures from 369,643 motorcycles, repetition rate was 76.1%. The ratio of motorcycles registered in Taipei City to registered in other counties or cities are 2:8. Most motorcycles are registered in other counties or cities.
C.Reminder notifications
A total of 320,880 second reminder notifications were sent to the owners of motorcycles registered in Taipei City that had not been brought in for inspection, 185,880 were sent by Authority-in-charge, 135,000 were sent by this plan. The cumulative rate of completed inspection was 62.3%. According to law, after the second reminder notifications, if the motorcycle was still uninspected, first double-registered-mail would be sent for the inspection within a definite time. A total of 48,948 first double-registered-mails were sent and the cumulative rate of completion of the inspection was 39.2%. Furthermore, second double-registered-mails were sent to the owners of uninspected (6 months overdue) motorcycles. A total of 8,846 second double-registered-mails were sent and the cumulative rate of completion of the inspection was 10.1%. if the motorcycle was still uninspected, third double-registered-mails were sent to the owners of uninspected, and execute the motorcycle registration cancellation process according to law. A total of 2,741 third double-registered-mails were sent and the cumulative rate of completion of the inspection was 5.5%, while 1,317 registrations were cancelled.
D.Inspection in air quality protection zones
As of 2023, Taipei city had announced to delimit the first and second air quality protection zone which contained 3 major bus stations, 6 tourist attraction, 3 waste incineration plant (Neihu, Beitou, Muzha) and Taipei International Airport. 82,983 motorcycles were inspected and 886 motorcycles were denounced. The uninspection rate in first and second air quality protection zone was 0.7% and 2.1%.
E.Periodic inspection completion rate
According to an announcement issued by the Environmental Protection Administration (EPA), the total number of motorcycles registered in Taipei City as of December 31, 2023 that were required to undergo periodic inspection was 642,831. The actual number of motorcycles that underwent periodic inspection was 495,598, representing a periodic inspection completion rate of 77.10%.
F.Noise inspections
The execution of noise inspection with the inspection team were from 9:30 A.M. to 11:30 A.M. and 1：30 P.M. to 4：00 P.M. on Wednesday and Saturday, and 10：00 P.M. to 12：00 A.M. on Friday and Saturday. As of December 31, 2023, 127 noise inspection sessions were executed.
G.Roadside inspections when poor air quality
Roadside inspections with the inspection team executed when the Air Quality index (AQI) was reached to 100 or probably being over 100. As of December 31, 2023, 25 roadside inspections sessions were executed.
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