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Love to be proved wrong. But public transport's goal never was to turn a profit. It's a public good, and should be measured by its "public good"ness. Extractin
by onethought 5y ago
Love to be proved wrong. But public transport's goal never was to turn a profit. It's a public good, and should be measured by its "public good"ness.
Extracting profit feels like something that disproportionately targets the poor/working class and leads to either an exploited workforce and worse service... without a reduction in overall costs.
Now this trend of a "Nationalised Brand" over a "privatised service" just feels like insult to injury...
Can capitalism hurry up and eat itself so we can try something else...
- kmlx 5y agoJapan is completely privatised, extremely efficient, huge network, fastest trains in the world, and is profitable. One of the many ways they did it was by converting stations into mini-malls and charging rent. Also, a strong partnership with the state helped.
- onethought 5y agoHuge network... Japan... sure if you’re Taiwan I guess you’d think it’s huge.
- kmlx 5y agofor the size and the topography of the country, yes, it's huge. shinkansen network alone is 1700 miles. or, if you prefer a larger country, china's network is 24000 miles.
- onethought 5y ago... Chinas rail is state owned enterprise... kind of proving my point.