由於鐵路的普及和便利,加上大眾對於環保的意識提升,在南北往來時使得現今搭乘台鐵的旅客逐年上升,依研究數據顯示,十年內平均每日增加十萬名乘客,因此垃圾量也變大,而身為大學四年都搭乘台鐵對號列車通勤的我們,是看著清潔人員的工作負荷量變得更加龐大、在小小的走道上有許多不便。
Due to the popularity and convenience of railways and the increase in public awareness of environmental protection, the number of passengers taking Taiwan Railways to travel between North and South has increased year by year. According to research data, there will be an increase by 100,000 of the daily passengers in average in ten years. Meanwhile, the amount of litter has also increased. As a passenger who has been commuting on Taiwan Railways train during the university’s four years, we founded that the cleaning staff’s workload has become greater which they cannot afford and causes a lot of inconveniences in the narrow aisles.