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Fascinating story that highlights the issues with privatised transport systems (or worse: mixed private/public). Reminds me of the clusterfuck that is the Briti
by Fizzadar 5y ago
Fascinating story that highlights the issues with privatised transport systems (or worse: mixed private/public). Reminds me of the clusterfuck that is the British rail network.
That said, the Northern and Central tube lines (London) are often crowded/hellish like this and are public, I dread to think how awful the tube would become if privatised!
- mlindner 5y agoThe obvious counter example is Japan's hundreds of privatized railway companies compete with each other in numerous local, regional and national markets.
- scaramanga 5y agoI can tell you that line 9 is nothing like the the privatised transport system in the UK (I have lived most of my life in UK, and 7 years in Seoul). It costs about 65p to ride, 75p for the express train, it's clean, safe, comfortable, modern, spacious. The stations are accessible, welcoming, and full of conveniences. Transferring to or from a bus is free. Ticketing is contactless, convenient, uniform across the whole country. It's like a cheap, modern, less cramped version of the best lines on the tube. All the other lines are mixed private/public and they run very well. The story here isn't as simple as "public good, private bad, mixed worse." As with many things in life, it all depends on the actual details.
- seoulmetro 5y agoCloser to 80p to ride, <10p per 5/8km after 10/50km. No other country comes close, even Japan, to the public transport of Seoul. Living in the UK, it's constant fear of being suffocated, melted or pushed onto the tracks at peak. In Korea it's basically just social troubles.
- andylynch 5y agoFunny thing is, most of the tube was privately built. It was bought out by the government in 1933 after the market failed. And for a more recent example the PPPs for maintenance of the tube set up twenty years ago.