Hongkongers aren't happy about how the MTR gets land to develop without a competitive bidding process.
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Replying to @alon_levy
Yeah, that's Hong Kong's problem--too small areawise for there to be multiple transit providers
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Replying to @380kmh @alon_levy
plenty of different private transit companies in the Tokyo area, the Nagoya area, the Osaka area, etc
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Osaka and Nagoya both have Kintetsu - Osaka is if anything too competitive (it's the world's #2 urban rail network).
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Replying to @alon_levy
by "too competitive" what problems are you referring to?
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Replying to @380kmh
Post-Amagasaki stories about how JR West overvalues punctuality as a competitive edge. Also, lack of coordination causing Shigaraki.
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Replying to @alon_levy
so...two disasters over the course of the last 25 years? disasters which have more causes than "competition," to boot
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Replying to @380kmh
Yes, but there really are complaints that JR West overvalues punctuality and compromises on safety.
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I know--but that kind of insane tradeoff a) can't just be blamed on "competition," and b) has hopefully stopped since 2005
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