Page 43 - HSP Annual Report 2022

Ziqiang South Road-Jingguo Bridge-Ciyun Road corridor leading to the Hsinchu Park. The purpose is to ease traffic congestion during peak hours both in the morning and in the afternoon. In the highlights are control signals installed at Jingguo Bridge and Provincial Highway 68’s ramps with a view to alleviating vehicular convergence and enhancing traffic safety. Coupled with such control measures as routing, interception, and dispersion, eTag detectors and monitors are installed in different parts of the aforesaid corridor to help enforce total vehicular volume control and attain stress distribution. All these have proven greatly conducive to easing traffic congestion.
Smart Traffic Control Platform for Yuanqu 1st Road
In support of the Joint Traffic Control Platform for Greater Hsinchu, the HSPB has deployed such roadside equipment as VD and AI image recognition systems along the lower stretch of the Ziqiang South Road-Jingguo Bridge-Ciyun Road corridor leading to the Hsinchu Park—Yuanqu 1st Road and Xin’an Road—to help monitor vehicular volumes. Meanwhile, traffic-adaptive signal control is conducted to ease congestion caused by vehicles coming from the said corridor’s upper stretch during peak hours in the morning. Separately, permission was given in 2022 for outbound motorbikes to use two outer automotive lanes of Yuanqu 1st Road to help facilitate traffic flow.
“Science Parks Mobile Genie” App as Core of Smart Traffic Services
Improvement of Parking Environment and Management
To provide HSP employees with a quality parking environment, the HSPB has outsourced the management of parking lots on Yanfa 2nd Road and Xingye 2nd Road and at the Si-Soft Research Center and Duxing Wastewater Treatment Plant. With demand for roadside parking thus reduced, roads in their vicinity can thus accommodate more vehicles and smoother traffic. In addition to saving time, plate recognition systems installed at entrances and exits of these parking lots readily keep track of incoming and outgoing vehicles. Also installed are availability displays for the immediate reference of motorists. A much streamlined parking process that spares the time wasted in looking for a space is also a boon for fuel conservation and carbon reduction. In a similar vein, the HSP’s multilevel car parks now have 13 charging piles for use by HSP employees who drive electric vehicles.
▲ Availability display at Yanfa 2nd Road Parking Lot
The HSPB has integrated traffic-related information across the HSP and neighboring areas, including the schedule and status of shuttle bus services, parking lot locations and related information, and information related to national freeways and changeable message signs. All this information is posted on such platforms as the HSPB’s website, Science Parks Mobile Genie app, and Open Data for public queries anytime, anywhere. For years, there have been more than 10 million queries about shuttle bus services annually, thus giving a solid testament to the HSPB’s efficiency in rendering information-centric services.
▲ Charging piles at Si-Soft Research Center Parking Lot
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