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> New York's subways were built by private companies. So were America's railroads. Didn't this cause a lot of problems, which is why they were eventually conso
by aylmao 1y ago
> New York's subways were built by private companies. So were America's railroads.
Didn't this cause a lot of problems, which is why they were eventually consolidated under a public authority?
I do find interesting and cool that private urban transport seems to work well in Japan and do wonder what's the system around this private ownership to have it work as well as it does.
- JumpCrisscross 1y ago> Didn't this cause a lot of problems, which is why they were eventually consolidated under a public authority? They went bankrupt. So the city bailed them out. Then New York City went bankrupt. So the state bailed us out.