By Sun Ke-li's analysis, once the electioneering was over, the new mayor was in office and a new DORTS director-general had been appointed, DORTS was no longer the prime target for opposition party attacks, and the pressure to get the line running before the elections to win political brownie points was gone too.
孫可立分析，競選過後，新市長上任、捷運局長換人，原先首當其衝、最易招惹在野黨攻擊的箭靶不見了，趕在競選前通車以作為政績籌碼的時間壓力也沒了。