After the traffic "dark age" due to the massive constructions of MRT (Mass Rapid Transportation )system in Taipei, the velocity density of current traffic system is gaining controlled. Indeed, in order to maximize efficiency and performance of any particular tissue, vessel or intersection, numerous indicative lanes/signs/perfomative geometries are located throughout the city: they're either resulted from possible pasts (congestion or danger because of planing failures,) or reserved for possible futures (constructing MRT stations and bus exchange.)On one hand, the separation of bus and scooter lanes is specifically helpful for easing the traffic. Special rules dominate specific regimes or territory of flows. On the other hand, it seems to be over-controlled.
Chien-Cheng Circle, an once important commercial/memory node in Taipei, with intimate interfaces between venders and customers, was torn and rebuilt in 2002. Ironically, it went out of business and closed in 2005 since its most essential character - the intimacy between crowds, business interfaces, and aging of materials, had lost in the "modernized" version of it. After all, the characteristics and conditions of these urban spaces like Chien-Cheng Circle may not be looking for clarity/specificity; it might function as multiplicity of arbitrary occupations, interpretations, and exchange.
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