"It's thanks to the city's worsening traffic problem," says Chen Feng-nan, director of the administration's Passenger Transportation Division. The rapid increase in the amount of traffic in downtown Taipei and environs over the past few years has caused serious traffic congestion, leading many commuters to switch to the train, which offers large-capacity seating, a fixed schedule of runs and no fear of getting tied up in traffic jams.
「這是拜台北市交通惡化之賜」，鐵路局客運課課長陳峰男抑不住嘴角笑意表示，近幾年台北市中心、郊區及鄰近城市間交通量急遽成長，嚴重的塞車，促使一些通勤客轉而搭乘載客量大、班車固定，又不怕塞車的火車，形成一批火車通勤族。