Back in 1968, Sun Yun-suan, who then was head of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC), publicly stated that the government was studying the feasibility of building an MRT system for Taipei. But because of the enormous projected cost, and the fact that citizens didn ’ t seem to feel any urgent need for such a system at that time, the idea was shelved.
早在 1968 年，時任交通部長的孫運璿，就曾公開表示正在評估台北籌建捷運的可行性，但因所需經費極為龐大，市民似乎也無迫切需要而暫行擱置。