Expanded Accessible Transport Service Content
A. To upgrade the quality of bus service and create an accessible and friendly transportation environment, the Bureau has introduced 601 large and medium low-floor and barrier-free buses running routes that pass by hospitals and special education schools for the disabled.
B. Having acquired rehabilitation buses actively and with donations from all sectors, the City’s rehab bus fleet has grown to 156 vehicles, providing flexible and convenient transportation for people with disabilities. The Bureau has cooperated with Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital on May 22, 2020 and E-Da Hospital on September 21, 2020 to launch the “medical fast track” service; Yuan’s General Hospital joined the rank of “medical fast track” service in January 2021 and Ta-Tung Hospital, Min-Sheng Hospital, Siaogang Hospital, and Cijin Hospital in February 2021. The service has shown distinguished results by saving 30 minutes of outpatient consultation time on average for citizens who take the rehab bus to the hospitals.
