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> American attitudes towards public transportation Unfortunately, this is happening in France too. SNCF used to be publicly funded to manage all inter-city/tow
by progval 7y ago
> American attitudes towards public transportation
Unfortunately, this is happening in France too. SNCF used to be publicly funded to manage all inter-city/town railways and trains, but is now privatised and expected to make a profit.
- xvedejas 7y ago"Privatized and expected to make a profit" reads a lot more like Japanese transit to me, than it sounds like any American system I'm familiar with. I'm inclined to understand France as moving in a different (perhaps better) direction than the US is moving (or rather, is not moving). https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2011/10/why-tokyos-privately-owned-rail-systems-work-so-well/389/ https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2011/10/why-tokyos-pr...