Renai Road

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Ren'ai Road ({{zh|c=仁愛路|p=Rén'ài Lù}}, sometimes spelled RenAi, Renai or Jen-Ai) is a major arterial road in Taipei, Taiwan, connecting the Xinyi District in the east with the Daan and Zhongzheng districts towards the west.

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.{{cite news |last1=Gerber |first1=Abraham |title=No change to traffic patterns for Renai, Xinyi roads: mayor |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2015/03/26/2003614447 |access-date=21 October 2024 |work=Taipei Times |date=26 March 2015}} 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.{{cite news |last1=Lin |first1=Sean |title=Confusion over traffic may have led to US scientist’s death |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2016/07/30/2003652074 |access-date=21 October 2024 |work=Taipei Times |date=30 July 2016}} Following the accident, bilingual English and Chinese signage was installed on the crossings on Ren'ai Road in 2017.{{cite news |last1=Lin |first1=Sean |title=Bilingual warning signs installed on Renai Road |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2017/04/07/2003668242 |access-date=21 October 2024 |work=Taipei Times |date=7 April 2017}}

As of 2023, the Palace mansion on Ren'ai Road had been valued as Taiwan's most valuable residential property for 13 years running.{{cite news |title=Taipei 101 named most valuable commercial property in Taipei for 11th year |url=https://english.ftvnews.com.tw/news/2023C20W08EA |access-date=21 October 2024 |work=Formosa News |date=20 December 2023}}