Comment on What happens when councils take control of buses?
HeartyBeast@kbin.social 6 months agoCounterpoint- the council can mandate routes and frequency in the contract and put it out to tender. The idea is that the private sector is better an innovating to be efficient, though I’m not sure that has ever really been demonstrated
breadsmasher@lemmy.world 6 months ago
and with that you unfortunately recreate the shitshow which semi privatisation of railway
HeartyBeast@kbin.social 6 months ago
I’d say that the railways were probably more likely to fail because you have the added complication of the rail infrastructure company on top, plus the need for through-ticketing and timetable coordination. Those factors magnified the sheer amount of shit in the shoe