A craze for roads NTOU's Shiau points out that because the expense of constructing transportation systems is enormous, with a small number of exceptions such as Taipei, Taiwanese cities still lack convenient bus or commuter train systems. In industrial societies, with their demand for efficiency, the numbers of motorcycles and passenger cars naturally continue to increase.
開路迷思蕭再安指出，由於建設運輸系統的經費龐大，目前除了台北市等少數都會，全台許多縣市仍缺乏便利的公車或捷運系統，在講求效率的工商社會，機車、小轎車自然持續成長。