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>If we made them operate more like private corporations, I would agree more What specifically would you change to make them operate more like private corporati

>If we made them operate more like private corporations, I would agree more What specifically would you change to make them operate more like private corporations, and how would it help?

chrischen 9y ago
The tokyo system seems to be a fairly efficient mix of public and private metros and train lines.
- icebraining 9y ago
  Are the private metro and train lines more efficient than the public ones?
  - chrischen 9y ago
    Not really. There's a lot of interoperability involved (all transit systems can use each other's IC card and you can charge it at any company's terminals). The IC card can also be used at most merchants.
- lmm 9y ago
  The tokyo system isn't really subject to market competition, because employers pay for employees' tickets.
  - chrischen 9y ago
    From what I've seen it's not any more subsidized by employers as it is in the US with commuter benefits. That being said, I'd say the NYC metro is probably the best subway system in the US and it's nowhere as good as the Tokyo area transit system.
Shivetya 9y ago
many reasons, the first being that public entities would not be in a rush to spend a fortune on ill advised light rail systems which have run some systems into the billions with even more in deferred maintenance. light rail is great for connection distant suburbs or major points of attraction like an airport to the city center. however it cannot adjust for changes population needs. only NYC has ever shown real ridership increases in the last fifty years. US light rail has a nearly sixty BILLION dollar backlog of maintenance because it cost to much to build, run, and maintain. what private company would even be allowed into that mess while serving the public? it also probably would not take the NAACP for force a privately run bus line for a city to serve minorities but it did in LA against the government run system. want to extend it further, most public systems are bastions of nepotism where friends and families of politicians place them in positions they are not qualified for to earn big checks and pensions.

>If we made them operate more like private corporations, I would agree more What specifically would you change to make them operate more like private corporations, and how would it help?

chrischen 9y ago

The tokyo system seems to be a fairly efficient mix of public and private metros and train lines.

icebraining 9y ago
Are the private metro and train lines more efficient than the public ones?
- chrischen 9y ago
  Not really. There's a lot of interoperability involved (all transit systems can use each other's IC card and you can charge it at any company's terminals). The IC card can also be used at most merchants.
lmm 9y ago
The tokyo system isn't really subject to market competition, because employers pay for employees' tickets.
- chrischen 9y ago
  From what I've seen it's not any more subsidized by employers as it is in the US with commuter benefits. That being said, I'd say the NYC metro is probably the best subway system in the US and it's nowhere as good as the Tokyo area transit system.

Shivetya 9y ago

many reasons, the first being that public entities would not be in a rush to spend a fortune on ill advised light rail systems which have run some systems into the billions with even more in deferred maintenance. light rail is great for connection distant suburbs or major points of attraction like an airport to the city center. however it cannot adjust for changes population needs. only NYC has ever shown real ridership increases in the last fifty years. US light rail has a nearly sixty BILLION dollar backlog of maintenance because it cost to much to build, run, and maintain. what private company would even be allowed into that mess while serving the public? it also probably would not take the NAACP for force a privately run bus line for a city to serve minorities but it did in LA against the government run system. want to extend it further, most public systems are bastions of nepotism where friends and families of politicians place them in positions they are not qualified for to earn big checks and pensions.