Chuang Mong-han, an associate professor in Tamkang University's industrial economics department, says that the government ought to build the so-called "Greater Taipei Life Circle," an initiative aimed at tying Keelung, Taoyuan and more distant parts of Taipei County into the rapid transit system, as quickly as possible.
淡江大學產經系副教授莊孟翰指出，政府應儘速建立所謂的「大台北生活圈」，將基隆、桃園，以及台北縣邊陲地帶，一併納入捷運網的範圍，買不起台北市中心精華地段的首購族，就可以往房價相對便宜的捷運末端地帶移動。