Keelung's DPP mayoral candidate Tung Tzu-wei is pitching a transit overhaul as the fix for the city's traffic misery — a plus for the 100,000 residents who commute daily.

• Keelung's city buses are old, run too infrequently, and follow routes that don't match where people actually go.
• The plan replaces them with low-floor, wheelchair-accessible electric buses and adds smart electronic stop signs.
• Shared bikes (YouBike), reorganized routes, and new parking would cut reliance on private cars in a cramped, densely built city.
• Short-term: work with bus operators to add rush-hour service and start routes from Keelung itself so commuters can actually get a seat.
• Longer-term: widen the freeway, fix interchanges, and eventually push for an elevated freeway to separate long-distance from local traffic.

Outlook: Traffic is shaping up as the defining issue of the Keelung mayoral race, with delivery depending on winning the election and securing central government funding for the freeway work.