Alan Gregory (left) and Allie Wu (right). By Ko-Cheng Chin National Taiwan University (NTU), the most prestigious university in Taiwan, is many students’ dream university. NTU enrolls about 32,000 students each year, and these people are considered the lucky ones and the smart ones. NTU is among the top 100 universities in the world; according to Times Higher Education World Reputation Ranking 2014, NTU is ranked 59th in the world. Presumably, NTU has a lot of resources, good facilities, and of course, a big campus. Therefore, most people do not walk, we bike. But there are many parking problems. The school has designated certain areas only as parking spaces; however, in some of them there is no room, and there always seems to be someone who squeezes another bike next to yours making it impossible for you to take your bike without damaging it. And if you park outside the designated areas, your bike will be towed away by a big blue truck that drives around campus every day. And if your bike gets towed more than three times, you will be fined 50 NT each time thereafter.
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