Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/04/16
By: Liang Pei-chi and Elizabeth Hsu
Taipei, April 16 (CNA) A new pass for unlimited rides on public transportation systems in
CNA file photo
Taipei and New Taipei over a 30-day period went into use Monday after advance sales of the special ticket fell short of expectations.
The 3-in-1 “All Pass Tickets” cost NT$1,280 (US$43.56) and allow commuters unlimited rides on mass rapid transit trains and city buses and free 30-minute YouBike rides in the Greater Taipei area for a month.
The pass first went on sale on March 12, and 123,433 were sold during the advance sale period through April 15, just over half of the Taipei Department of Transportation’s goal of an average 236,000 passes sold a month.
Department official Wang Yin-chu (王湮筑) said it was still too early to determine if the pass will prove popular or not because commuters may have not yet figured out if the pass is a good deal for them. [FULL STORY]
