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Richer customers don't pay more, but they have the influence to keep public transit nice and functioning because they use it themselves. I suppose that in New
by bgwalter 1y ago
Richer customers don't pay more, but they have the influence to keep public transit nice and functioning because they use it themselves.
I suppose that in New York and London richer people use the subway to escape traffic jams. They can tell their politician friends (or bought politicians) to keep subsidizing it.
In Europe privatization of public transport has been a disaster. Routes are cut, the trains don't run on time, etc.
- crazygringo 1y agoI don't think rich people have as much influence on public transit as you think. And in New York at least, truly rich people take a car service. Subways are for the normal people. The truly rich want their own private space and they want sunlight. In any case, nobody's talking about the privatization of public transport, which is the conversion from public to private. This is about alternate private options becoming available. The public option stays. And it's not about subways, it's about buses.