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Most (if not all?) of the transit in Tokyo is private. When you build densely enough, transit becomes highly profitable on its own, and someone will do it.
by CydeWeys 7y ago
Most (if not all?) of the transit in Tokyo is private. When you build densely enough, transit becomes highly profitable on its own, and someone will do it.
- njepa 7y agoThey are private in ways specific to Japan that, what I know, you pretty much won't find anywhere else.
- kaybe 7y agoCan you elaborate?
- majormajor 7y agoTransit as retail and real-estate play: https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2012/05/secret-tokyos-rail-success/2044/ https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2012/05/secret-tokyos... The end to end control over development of these networks+districts was still more centralized, though not by a government, compared to the rather uncoordinated mess that has been US public transit development.
- solidsnack9000 7y agoPublic-private partnership is not so "specific to Japan". The transit/retail connection is definitely a uniquely bright idea but it's something that many other jurisdictions could emulate.
- njepa 7y agoHaving that work is specific to Japan. If there is a single example of someone managing to do that successfully, especially with multiple companies, I would like to hear about it. Transit/retail or rail plus property is used in other places, like Hong Kong, but with government owned operators. https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/capital-projects-and-infrastructure/our-insights/the-rail-plus-property-model https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/capital-projects-and-inf...
- thatfrenchguy 7y agoOperated privately is very different from built privately.