Traffic up over New Year holiday for Taipei's MRT

More than 1,000 MRT staff and volunteers were deployed at various high-traffic stations between 6 a.m. Monday and 6 a.m. Tuesday to guide the throngs of people, most of whom were flocking to the Taipei City Hall area, where large concerts and fireworks for the year-end countdown were held.

The Maokong Gondola, a part of the MRT system that connects the suburban Mucha area of Taipei with the Maokong area in the hills above the city, also drew 23,000 passengers, a 42 percent year-on-year increase, according to government statistics.

Meanwhile, as of noon Tuesday, nearly 7 million motorists had traveled the national freeways since the New Year holiday weekend began on Dec. 29, according to transportation officials.

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