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Re: Resident Calls for Privatization of MTA Long Island Bus |
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Posted by BMTLines on Sun Jan 2 09:05:42 2011, in response to Re: Resident Calls for Privatization of MTA Long Island Bus, posted by AMoreira81 on Sat Jan 1 18:26:21 2011. He wants to get to the point as to why private mass transit systems went belly-up in the mid-20th century, but he missed it. It was because mass transit competes with the car.Onerous fare regulation and draconian franchise requirements killed off many privately owned systems. For example trolley lines were required under the franchise agreements to clear their routes of snow. Why isn't the MTA required to clear all bus routes of snow? Today that cost is shifted to Sanitation departments in many cities. Government thought it had a cash cow when it came to transit systems and milked them through taxes, fare freezes and franchise requirements until the cow died! |
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