It's certainly true that privatization is no *guarantee,* however, one advantage to operating transit in a profit-seeking manner is that there is a concrete incentive to increase service where demand is highhttps://twitter.com/maryanndimand/status/958771171159310337 …
I am employed by our local transit department and routinely attend board meetings. There are many factors which play a role in where transit is operated here, and I am frustrated that ridership is not a higher priority, hence my original tweets.
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I agreed with what you said about network effects (although this is one of the *most* frequent routes in our network, so it is likely hindered by other routes more than the reverse), and with your comment about the problems of profit-driven operation...
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...at the same time, I know there are advantages in profit-driven operation, and that state operation as a public good/service, while with its merits, presents its own problems.
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Yes-- nothing is simple, and nothing is easy.
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