Kaohsiung is studying an 18.3-kilometer MRT Green Line through five eastern districts, but the project has no approved budget or construction schedule and could take decades to complete.
Travelers will receive discounted fares on 85 intercity bus routes during the Mid-Autumn and Teachers’ Day holiday period, while services to Kenting, Dapeng Bay and the Liuqiu ferry terminal will be increased
Kaohsiung’s Transportation Bureau is planning reflective marker installations and evaluating alternative technologies after a city councilor raised safety concerns over lane lines disappearing during rain.
A privately backed NT$18.8 billion renewal project beside Zuoying’s rail hub has broken ground, with offices, housing, a hotel and public facilities planned across three towers.
On March 23, 1996, with two US carrier groups sent to the region and ROC soldiers on alert, more than ten million Taiwanese went to the polls. The leading candidates were incumbent KMT president Lee Teng-hui and the DPP’s Peng Ming-min, a veteran democracy activist and former political exile.
Kaohsiung plans to open the Niaosong–Weiwuying section of the MRT Yellow Line in 2032, while completion of the full 22.91-kilometer network remains targeted for 2034.
Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an and DPP Taipei candidate Shen Po-yang traveled to Kaohsiung on the same day, helping their parties turn the city’s mayoral race into a contest with national visibility.
KMT mayoral candidate Ko Chih-en has proposed an outdoor music festival at Tianliao Moon World, although details including its scale, cost and transportation arrangements have not been developed.
