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Tangentially related: I read somewhere that there is no pothole in the entire Disney World resort because Disney basically "owned" the district and has their ow

by rs186 2y ago

Tangentially related: I read somewhere that there is no pothole in the entire Disney World resort because Disney basically "owned" the district and has their own fire and public works department, and as a result they can fix potholes as soon as possible. (Correct me if I am wrong.) While generally I don't believe in "we should let private companies take care of infrastructure", that sometimes does seem very effective.

howard941 2y ago
It's not going to be effective for much longer. DeSantis dissolved the governing entity - Reedy Creek Improvement District - and turned its replacement over to his appointed cronies. EDITed for copy, correctness, and to add the better wiki link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reedy_Creek_Improvement_District https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reedy_Creek_Improvement_Distri...
lurking_swe 2y ago
it’s only effective because disney has high paying customers and disney wants to please them. i have no idea why you think that would generalize to the general public. why would a private company, put in charge by the government, not do the bare minimum to maintain their contract, and pocket the rest as profit? Disney isn’t maintaining their potholes out of the goodness of their hearts.
- dghlsakjg 2y ago
  Where I live, much of the road maintenance for potholes is done by private companies. The motivation to do a good job is that they also take on liability for damages caused by lack of maintenance that is either foreseeable, or non-foreseeable issues that had been reported to them in their area of responsibility. The government tracks pothole reports, and if you hit a road hazard that had already been reported with enough time to repair it, the company pays. Its all about lining up the incentives properly. Plenty of government road maintenance departments are perfectly capable of not fixing things and wasting money without the profit motive nvolved.
xnx 2y ago
Are potholes much of a problem when there aren't frequent freeze/thaw cycles or heavy trucks?

by rs186 2y ago

howard941 2y ago

It's not going to be effective for much longer. DeSantis dissolved the governing entity - Reedy Creek Improvement District - and turned its replacement over to his appointed cronies. EDITed for copy, correctness, and to add the better wiki link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reedy_Creek_Improvement_District https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reedy_Creek_Improvement_Distri...

lurking_swe 2y ago

it’s only effective because disney has high paying customers and disney wants to please them. i have no idea why you think that would generalize to the general public. why would a private company, put in charge by the government, not do the bare minimum to maintain their contract, and pocket the rest as profit? Disney isn’t maintaining their potholes out of the goodness of their hearts.

dghlsakjg 2y ago
Where I live, much of the road maintenance for potholes is done by private companies. The motivation to do a good job is that they also take on liability for damages caused by lack of maintenance that is either foreseeable, or non-foreseeable issues that had been reported to them in their area of responsibility. The government tracks pothole reports, and if you hit a road hazard that had already been reported with enough time to repair it, the company pays. Its all about lining up the incentives properly. Plenty of government road maintenance departments are perfectly capable of not fixing things and wasting money without the profit motive nvolved.

xnx 2y ago

Are potholes much of a problem when there aren't frequent freeze/thaw cycles or heavy trucks?