Taipei Bridge Scooter Waterfall

Taiwan is sometimes jocularly called the “Kingdom of Scooters” due to its being home to the highest density of scooters in the world; statistically speaking, 6 out of 10 people ride a scooter in this country, and the roads in big cities are covered all over with them during rush hour.

In Taipei, the morning scooter traffic gets the densest on an unassuming ramp off Taipei Bridge in Datong District, where thousands of riders cascade down onto Minquan West Road every day, carefully avoiding clashing into each other.

This so-called “Scooter Waterfall” has not only become an unexpected tourist attraction, offering an opportunity to capture a unique, strangely photogenic sight, but also an icon of Taipei’s busy city life, the chaos of rush hour and all.