> It clearly needs to be a franchise.
Think bigger. Why should transportation infrastructure (which is a public good) be controlled by a private, for-profit corporation?
Think bigger. Why should transportation infrastructure (which is a public good) be controlled by a private, for-profit corporation?
Reforming public institutions to more effectively build public transportation infrastructure seems to be incredibly difficult. Local institutions seem to have maxed out their ability to improve beyond what exists.
So why not let the private market innovate and improve? If the public institutions where smarter they'd be taking advantage of these innovations the same way as has happened in reverse when public institutions have had success with innovation.