Is Taiwan committed to sustainable transportation? 在台灣生活常用的交通工具是否對有助於永續發展呢?
交通工具的總佔排碳量佔全球的四分之一。 我們想知道台灣人和外國人在台灣普遍選擇何種方式通勤。大家上下班時是否會注意到自己的碳足跡? 這次我們在中山大學校園內進行了調查,以了解大家的通勤方式以及他們是否會顧及對環境的影響。
Our first interviewee of the day, Arsenly from Russia, shared his habits with us. First of all, he explained that he only travels by metro within the city and travels longer distances by train. He says he never uses the bus because it is not always on time or it is easy to miss the schedule.
我們第一位採訪到來自俄羅斯的Arsenl,並和我們分享了他平時通勤的方式。首先,捷運是他在都會地區旅行的最佳方式,而搭乘火車通常是為了較遠的旅遊景點。 但他也提到,因為公車時常無法準時,否則很容易錯過時間表,因此他很少選擇搭乘公車。
While pursuing your investigation, we met Liangting from Taiwan. He told us that he chooses his means of transport by their practicality and the distance he has to travel. He mainly uses his scooter or the train to get around. In all honesty, he told us that he does not think about his environmental impact when he chooses his means of transport.
不久後我們遇到了來自台灣的亮廷。他告訴我們,他會根據交通工具的實用性和目的地距離來選擇運輸工具。 他旅遊時大多使用腳踏車及火車,他也很老實告訴我們,他選擇交通工具時其實並不會對將對環境的影響納入考量。
Our last guest is Rahul from India. He has been in Taiwan for a year and a half, initially living in Taipei where he used his scooter. Now, since he is studying his PhD at NSYSU in Kaohsiung, he does not use a scooter. In Kaohsiung, he mainly uses the Ubike and for long trips he uses the high speed train.He shares that "public transport, especially buses, are not very convenient because everything is written in Chinese so it is difficult to find your way around".
我們的最後一位採訪到來自印度的Rahul。 他已經在台灣一年半了,剛來台灣時是住在台北,在那裡他常使用自己的機車。 現在,由於他正在高雄的中山大學攻讀博士學位,因此他不再使用機車。 在高雄,他主要使用Ubike,長途旅行則使用高速火車。他說:“公共交通,尤其是公車,對他而言相當不方便,因為所有的內容都是中文,所以很難找到自己的要下車的站”。
Through these interviews, we found out that the public transport system in Taiwan is well built as the majority of people use it to get around. Some small adjustments could be made like translating all information into English. To change people's habits, the proposed alternatives must be practical and affordable, the solution proposed by Ubike seems to be well established in consumers' habits.
透過這些採訪,我們發現台灣的公共交通系統算是完善的,因為大多數人都會以此來借為他們的通勤或旅遊工具。但還有一些小地方可以的改進,例如:將所有資訊翻譯成英文。 為了提倡大眾運輸交通工具和改變人們的習慣,提議的替代方案必須切實可行且負擔得起。
像Ubike的使用也已成了消費者的習慣之一。