In 1967, Taipei was made into a special municipality (equivalent in rank to a province), and it incorporated several outlying districts, raising the population to 1.6 million. In 1978 the North-South Freeway was opened to traffic, making north-south travel much easier.
一九七八年為聯絡南北交通、繁榮經濟的高速公路通車，一九八四年人口又增加到二百四十萬。在都市計畫學者眼裡，都市無限制地膨脹，也就代表走上死亡。