Taipei cycling lane traffic signs

For those who think you can't bike on the side-walk, here are the signs that should allow you a ticket-free ride. :-)

Bike Travel: Cycling Taiwan

With soaring mountains, tropical jungle and everything in between, the island is emerging as one of the world’s hottest new cycling destinations.—Taylor Rojek
A little bit off topic for commuting, but the article is here

Taipei begins ban on bicycles riding on sidewalks From May 20th. Fines ranging NT$300 to NT$600

Heard an advert on ICRT morning show that bikers will be fines for using the sidewalk. My god where can bikers go now? when does this ultimate discrimination of bikers stop ? Well , the alternative for bikers is to use the designated lanes or slow lines and to be careful for pedestrians. So does the government make provide any safe space for bikers? what is more pathetic? Links below. According to current regulation, cyclists are not allowed to ride on arcades or sidewalks. Should a cyclist violate these regulations, he or she faces fines of between NT$300 and NT$600. Wang said there are currently three types of bicycle lanes in the city: bicycle paths, special dual-use sidewalks allowing bicyclists to share the lane with pedestrians, and slow traffic lanes for motorbikes and bicycles

[Editor note: Perhaps Wang Shang-Wei (王聲威) should ride his bike more often in Taipei on Chung-Hsiao, Xin-Yi, Fu-Xing, Chien-Kwo , Ren-Ai (to mention a few which have no lanes at all) to feel the experience of biking on the Taipei roads among buses, taxi, illegally parked cars , racing motorcycles, bike "red-wave" traffic lights etc. etc. No one can understand the exact traffic rules. After many years, no sign of physically separated bike-lanes. Isn't it time for bikers to stage to organize a protest in Taipei to stop these many years of madness, all the back and forth polices created and reversed by these (tax consuming) government officials and finally bring bike heaven to Taipei's bike hell? Let these folks ride a bike in Taipei with the bikers together in Taipei to feel the experience]


Taipei begins ban on bicycles riding on sidewalks (article) (What is funny is that there was quite some confusion if this lane was a bike line or not)

Taipei begins ban on bicycles riding on sidewalks (Video)

Taipei City Government to review bike lane policy before 2014 (Article)

Taipei City decides to remove bike lane on Dunhua Road (Article)

Taipei City Govt has no idea on bicycle lanes (Article)

Taipei to extend bicycle lanes to 40km this year

Quote: \"The city’s Department of Transportation yesterday said it would build a total of 10km of bike lanes on Xinyi Road and Nanjing E Road this year to extend the city’s existing 29km of bike lanes. Next year, the city will build bike lanes along Xinsheng S Road and Roosevelt Road. Aside from bicycle lanes and sidewalks, cyclists can also use slow lanes, Chen said, while urging cyclists to respect the rights of pedestrians. \" Article here

There is nothing to find on the DOT website though here Will it be doomed to failure like THIS before or are these 10K nothing more than just the wider sidewalks? if that is so, then the head of this article is heavily misleading and should be titled "Taipei to extend sidewalks for shared walking and biking". I also wish the city government could provide a list broken down by street of these 29k of bike-lines.

Next Generation protected bike lanes

Click THIS to play the movie of a dream come true which very likely will never see the light (on a larger scale than today) in Taipei's central city. See the speed people can bike? It is absolutely impossible on Taipei City's bike lanes and shared sidewalks.

Too many bikes can be a problem too

Amsterdam.

Article here

Taipei Bike Commuters need HELP!

Taipei Mayor Hau Lung-bin (郝龍斌) seems to think of people who ride bicycles as just weekend enthusiasts, content to use the few bike paths available, which are often in need of repair. Nothing is being done to make the city’s roads safe for cycling, police do little to stop taxis and buses from overtaking and nearly crushing bikers, and there are no integrated traffic lanes for cyclists. The river paths are the safest place to ride in Taipei, but they often do not go near the business districts of the city, such as Xinyi District (信義). Full Article here
P.S: was there a bike day in 2013 ? It's May, right (National Bike month, see the picture below for 2012) or did the bike day in Taiwan just die together with the bike lanes.