By Shelley Shan / Staff reporterTraffic safety would be the Ministry of Transportation and Communications’ (MOTC) top priority this year, with a goal of reducing traffic accidents near university campuses by 12 percent, Minister of Transportation and Communications Hochen Tan (賀陳旦) said on Monday. The nation has 13.76 million motorcycles, and deaths and injuries sustained in motorcycle accidents accounted for 70 percent of the total traffic-related deaths last year, he said. The ministry is to help develop air quality preservation zones and a high-pollution identification system and help install air quality detectors, he said. If the legislature passes a proposed amendment to the Air Pollution Control Act (空氣汙染防制法), vehicles that emit pollution would be restricted from entering air quality preservation zones. The ministry also said it is considering opening the Suao-Dongao section of the Suhua Highway (Highway No.

Source: Taipei Times March 13, 2018 15:56 UTC