Yongding takes off – BRT hope for outlying township

Located in New Taipei City’s Shiding District, many of the students at Yongding Elementary School live in outlying mountainous areas, which makes commuting to school very time-consuming. To address this situation, the school vigorously applied for a grant from the Department of Education and this September was delighted to formally begin using its new BRT (Bus Rapid Transport).

Since receiving the new BRT, in addition to an improvement in participation numbers at the school’s remedial classes, the students no longer need to cram into the local public bus and parents are no longer plagued by the worry of picking their kids up while still at work – many parents have commented on the added convenience of the new arrangements. The most wonderful thing about having the new 9-seater BRT, however, is that Yongding students are now spared the trouble of frantically rushing out after school in order to catch the public bus.  

Yongding takes off – BRT hope for outlying township

URL:https://www.peopo.org/news/255639

(以下是中文對照)

永定起航 偏鄉希望BRT

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坐落在新北市石碇區的永定國小，學童多居住於偏遠山區，上下學交通費時，校方積極向教育局申請補助，今年九月BRT幸福號正式啟用。不僅課後輔導班參與率低落的情形獲得改善，社區巴士也不再擁擠。不必再一邊工作一邊掛心即將下課的孩子，家長也認為方便許多。這一部九人座的BRT，讓永定國小的小朋友，下課不用再追著公車跑，是最幸福的事情了。