Taipei Joint Bus System - Overview

Overview

The system is jointly operated by 15 individual bus transit agencies, sharing the same fare structure, ticketing process, and route numbering. Although most routes are operated by a single agency, there are routes co-operated by two agencies.

• zh:大都會客運 Metropolitan Transit Company (Originally Taipei City Bus Administration, part of the city government, later privatized.)
• zh:欣欣客運 Shin-Shin Bus
• zh:大有巴士 CitiAir Bus
• zh:大南汽車 Da-Nan Bus
• zh:光華巴士 Kuang-Hua Bus
• zh:中興巴士 Chung-Shing Bus
• zh:指南客運 Chih-Nan Bus
• zh:台北客運 Taipei Bus
• zh:三重客運 San-Chung Bus
• zh:首都客運 Capital Bus
• zh:新店客運 Hsintien Bus
• zh:欣和客運 Hsin-Ho Bus
• zh:淡水客運 Tamshui Bus
• zh:東南客運 Southeast Bus
• zh:基隆客運 Keelung Bus
• zh:福和客運 Fu He Bus, has dejoined the joint or union system

Each bus operating agency participating in the joint alliance formed a committee overseeing a joint-venture management center. The alliance shares stops and waiting areas and, operates universal ticketing and fare structures. All revenue generated is collected by the management center then distributed to individual operators to meet their expenditure needs. Each operator retains control of its own structure, assets, revenue vehicles and, legal liabilities.

Furthermore, Taipei City Traffic Bureau makes a bi-annual service quality evaluation of each operating agency. This evaluation is used as a reference with regard to an operator's application for new routes and, the public transit subsidization. New Taipei City Traffic Bureau evaluates New Taipei-administered operators separately.

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