Yes I agree with you about Japan. But the reason it was made private is because it was financially failing, as is China’s hsr today. But I don’t agree with you

Yes I agree with you about Japan. But the reason it was made private is because it was financially failing, as is China’s hsr today. But I don’t agree with you on your other point. Look at the first link I offered. We have our first commercial high speed rail project going online in the US and they are already breaking ground on the second — LA to Vegas. We also have a long history of successful private transit systems. As has been written on hacker news before: > The public transit system used to be privately owned and operated. Then the cities took over and kicked out the private sector. Now we have terrible public transit. > Even the subways in NYC were built and operated by private companies (there were two, and they competed). Truth is we need both.