Many people don't know that the New York Subway was built and run by private companies until 1940. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interborough_Rapid_Transit_Comp

Many people don't know that the New York Subway was built and run by private companies until 1940. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interborough_Rapid_Transit_Company http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interborough_Rapid_Transit_Comp... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn%E2%80%93Manhattan_Transit_Corporation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn%E2%80%93Manhattan_Tran... Busses and ferries were private too: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_Avenue_Coach_Company http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_Avenue_Coach_Company