It's not the monopoly that's the problem, it's the 'i don't give a damn' attitude that's prevailing. Most public transports around the world are either monopoli

It's not the monopoly that's the problem, it's the 'i don't give a damn' attitude that's prevailing. Most public transports around the world are either monopolies (MTR Hong Kong) or pseudo-monopolies (e.g. SMRT/SBS Singapore) or just in the public hand (German U-Bahns). Still they are on time. Still they are being expanded. Still they're usually clean. Still they are being modernized (some faster than others). The difference is wether the objective is to do a public good (get our people from A to B as efficiently as we can) or to maximize profit (let's make sure the system works somehow but god for bid let's not dump good money into it).