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A couple nice things that struck me about Taipei’s MRT:

• Most MRT stations had clean public restrooms, clearly marked, with toilet paper and at least a few western toilets, in their unpaid areas. Excellent. In Hong Kong’s MTR, there are restrooms on the platforms in the paid areas… but they’re a secret! You have to grovel before a platform supervisor (either in person or by a call button requesting “information”) before they’ll unlock those unmarked doors for your newfound urgent calling.
• People actually wait for alighting passengers before boarding.
• The EasyCard is fully-refundable, including deposit, after just five uses. It’ll take you three months before you can get the full value of an Octopus back. The Octopus is still better and I will still miss it terribly when I leave, though: I didn’t see any non-transit EasyCard uses in Taipei. There was some kind of contactless credit card reader from Visa branded “Wave,” though.