Ren'ai Road forms a one-way couplet with Xinyi Road between Taipei City Hall and Zhongshan Road, with Ren'ai for westbound traffic and Xinyi for eastbound traffic. Along with Xinyi Road, Ren'ai Road has a contraflow bus only lane in the middle of the roadway. Plans to make the road two-way were shelved in 2015.[1] The primarily one-way nature of the road, but with a contraflow bus-lane going the other way, was blamed for the death of US neuroscientist Bruce Bridgeman, who had been looking one way and not the other whilst crossing the road, but was struck by a bus going through the bus-only lane.[2] Following the accident, bilingual English and Chinese signage was installed on the crossings on Ren'ai Road in 2017.[3]
As of 2023, the Palace mansion on Ren'ai Road had been valued as Taiwan's most valuable residential property for 13 years running.[4]
Sections
Unlike other Taipei arterials, Ren'ai Road does not have directional sections dividing the entire stretch of road, only divided-numbered sections.