Page 9 - 108年交通部運輸研究所年報

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一、沿革
臺灣地區自政府播遷來此，經歷長 年的勵精圖治，各項建設莫不欣欣向榮， 經濟發展更是突飛猛進。在此期間，有 關運輸部門的投資比重及其成長速度， 雖亦因之與時俱增，但仍始終趕不上社 會經濟快速發展及人民生活水準大幅提 高的需要。因此運輸主管部門為解除擁 擠、疏通瓶頸、提高容量，除當設法擴 充及充分利用現有運輸設施外，更需妥 善擬訂中長期運輸發展計畫，以適應未 來的需求。
由於運輸方面所需要的投資甚為龐 大，且在整體經濟的考量下，可供應用 的資金究屬有限，因此對於投資決策的 研提及優先順序的釐定，便須由一個統 一的運輸規劃機構來承擔;其次，由於 運輸事業係屬公用事業，政府對其費率、 加入、退出、能量等等，均有必要參與 管理，而參與的方法是否適當、是否需 要修正，亦須由一個統籌的運輸規劃機 構進行研究; 再次，各種運輸事業彼此 均具有競爭性，如何減少其相互間的競 爭性而加強其輔助性，以完成最具效益 的整體運輸系統，更須由一個運輸規劃 機關來統籌完成。交通部基於上述 3 項 考慮，乃於民國 59 年 8 月 1 日成立運
I. History
Since its relocation to Taiwan, the Central Government of the Republic of China has been actively engaged in infrastructure development. This effort has brought prosperity to Taiwan and transformed Taiwan into an economically dynamic force. However, although the investments in transportation have experienced substantial growth over the years, they lag consistently behind the overall growth of the economy and the rise in living standards. Consequently, transportation infrastructure is inadequate and traffic congestion is worsening. Therefore, government authorities have the responsibilities to develop strategies to better utilize existing transportation facilities and to prepare medium-range and long-range plans to satisfy future transportation demand.transport environmentpromoted behavior-The development of transportation infrastructure requires huge capital outlays, while available manpower and monetary resources are always limited.
Under the circumstances, there is a need to charge a single transportation planning agency with the responsibilities of setting priorities and programming for investment. Furthermore, transportation services are mainly regarded as public utilities and, as such, are subject to government regulations in connection with fare structure, capacity, formation and dissolution of firms, etc. To ensure that regulations are
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