Water bottles and tumblers top Taipei Metro lost items list
Water bottles and tumblers top Taipei Metro lost items list
2024-08-21
What do you think is the most commonly lost item on the Taipei Metro? Two years ago, the correct answer would’ve been umbrellas. But now, water bottles and tumblers have taken over the top spot, with almost 90 bottles lost in just two weeks this month. Moving down the list, clothing, umbrellas and documents such as electronic tickets are also common items left behind by their owners.
A train pulls into the platform. Some passengers alight at the station. But for some of their personal belongings, the journey isn’t over yet.
Back in 2022, the Taipei Metro announced that the three most-commonly lost items on the MRT were umbrellas, bags and wallets. But things have changed. Now umbrellas are No. 3 on the list, after water bottles and clothing. As of July this year, a total of 80,000 water bottles and items of clothing had been found.
Lin Yung-chi
FTV reporter
This is the Lost and Found center at Taipei Metro. As you can see, there are tubs and tubs full of lost water bottles. Now that it’s summer, more and more misplaced bottles are being found at Taipei Children’s Amusement Park.
With so much fun to be had, kids often forget their belongings everywhere. Taipei Children’s Amusement Park, which is managed by the Taipei Metro, reports that up to 300,000 items are lost every year. Only about 40% make it back to their owners.
Passenger
I’ll only claim things like wallets or more expensive items. You just go to the Lost and Found center and tell them what the item looks like, and they’ll try to find it for you.
Besides going to the lost-and-found counter in person, passengers can also use the Taipei Metro mobile app. The AI-powered chatbot can help users find their belongings and create a lost item report.
Ling Chi-yao
Taipei Metro
Thanks to the AI chatbot, you can look for your lost item with just a few taps. For umbrellas, we leave them at the station they were found for 16 days. After that, we put them out as courtesy umbrellas for everyone to use.
According to Taipei Metro regulations, items valued at NT$500 or less are stored for 16 days. If nobody claims them, the person who found them will be notified and offered the item. Items worth more than NT$500 are kept for six months before the finder is notified. If the finder doesn’t collect them after three months, the objects are donated or destroyed.
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北捷遺失物冠軍是誰? "雨傘"竟然不是第一名
2024-08-21
不少民眾搭捷運都有不小心遺忘的經驗，過去北捷統計過最多遺失物品的是雨傘，不過2024年的遺失物品悄悄換人，變成了水壺，光是八月份的短短兩週，就撿到89個水壺，接下來是衣物類、雨傘、證件（電子票券）。
捷運緩緩進站，不少乘客是人下了車，但身上東西卻繼續前往下一站。
2022年，北捷曾公布捷運族遺失物冠軍是雨傘、包包、皮夾，不過今年出現黑馬，水壺、衣物類把雨傘擠到第三名，截至7月底，水壺和衣物類就高達8萬件。
[[民視記者 林詠琪]]
“這裡是北捷的遺失物中心，累積了好幾箱的(水壺)遺失物，尤其現在正值暑假期間，從兒童新樂園撿來的水壺越來越多”
小朋友玩得好開心，忘記帶的東西也不少，兒童新樂園的遺失物也算北捷負責，總計一年高達近30萬件的遺失物，只有約4成被領回。
[[民眾]]
“掉錢包，掉一些比較貴重一點的東西(才會找回)，遺失物中心處，就直接跟他說大概長什麼樣子，他們就會去幫你找”
除了到北車遺失物中心詢問，也可以使用北捷APP的AI智慧客服，系統會即時比對，並主動立案。
[[北捷公共事務處公共關係中心主任 凌啟堯]]
“AI智慧客服，你只要動動手，你就可以把你遺失的東西，來做一個找尋。另外就是像雨傘的部分，我們如果在車站撿到雨傘，保管了大概16天之後，我們會放在車站把它轉為是愛心傘”
依據北捷規定，價值500元以下的遺失物，在公告16天後無人認領，則通知拾得人；500元以上物品保留6個月，無人認領後會通知拾得人，若再等3個月拾得人也不要，遺失物就會捐出或銷毀。
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