2008 Taipei International Book Exhibition, recently closed on Monday (Feb. 18), showed not only significances from visitors' participation but also smooth traffic condition on roads near the Taipei World Trade Center (TWTC).
Since several MICEs (meetings, incentives, conferences, and exhibitions) were held in the TWTC and Taipei International Convention Center, a major issue for the hall owner TAITRA and several show organizers and participants was traffic condition near the venues especially in a show related to information technology. If the venue was filled with overflowed visitors, roads near the venues would be gotten in a stuck especially when it rained.
Even though the Xinyi Line of Taipei Metro is still under construction, and the 2008 Taipei Lantern Festival is still held in the Xinyi Shopping Area and Taipei City Hall Square, the traffic condition on Shi-fu Road, Song-chih Road, and Song-shou Road had some differences with a sudden rain in Sunday (Feb. 17) afternoon, in which period made a major impact in corrupting good traffic condition in the TIBE 2008 especially from Saturday (Feb. 16) to Sunday morning, in which period, a bad traffic condition ever taken place in past years.
Even though what the TIBE will be transformed, the overall image and quality from an exhibition including the TIBE will be determined by several factors especially operations and contents from the venue owner and show organizers.
A smooth traffic condition in the intersection between Xin-yi Road and Shi-fu Road on Sunday morning. On the right side of this picture, the Xinyi Line of Taipei Metro is still "Under Construction".Image: Rico Shen.
Not only Song-chih Road, a short-term traffic jam also corrupted its good traffic condition on Song-shou Road, in which the TWTC Hall 3 was located there.Image: Rico Shen.
Shuttle Buses, a key factor to become the traffic condition more smoother.Image: Rico Shen.

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This is a complete or partial translation of the article "2008台北國際書展 週日驟雨 打亂整體交通形象", from the Chinese language Wikinews, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License.

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2008 Taipei International Book Exhibition: Rain causes traffic jam around exhibition hall