In turn, the MRT Department agreed that its goal should be to make service its central theme. Its concern should not be whether or not the system will make money; breaking even is enough. Later however, another organization was created, the Taipei MRT Corporation Preparatory Office, and the matter of ticket pricing is again an unsettled issue. Thus, Dr. Chi feels.
紀光慎表示，捷運局一度已經認同交通事業應該以服務為目的，不應該優先考慮賺不賺錢，只要收支平衡即可的想法；誰知，過不久又出現一個台北市捷運公司籌備處，使票價方案又是擺盪不定，令他覺得功敗垂成，好不遺憾。