http://blogs.reuters.com/james-pethokoukis/2009/10/14/free-markets-and-mass-transit/ Politics and policy from inside Washington Sun, 07 Apr 2013 21:23:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blogs.reuters.com/james-pethokoukis/2009/10/14/free-markets-and-mass-transit/comment-page-1/#comment-3121 nonono Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:26:19 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/james-pethokoukis/?p=2303#comment-3121 If we could have just one example of a transit system that respects free-market principles, instead of mobbing up by adding dozens of city/county government officials to its board, then making unrealistic promises about service and unbelievable projections about traffic levels, and sticking the local government with the bond, all the while employing surly and underqualified people who cannot be made to operate their filthy vehicles safely, or to keep their stations crime-free, or to make their fares competitive with rider demand... then we might have the beginning of a conservative argument for mass transit. If we could have just one example of a transit system that respects free-market principles, instead of mobbing up by adding dozens of city/county government officials to its board, then making unrealistic promises about service and unbelievable projections about traffic levels, and sticking the local government with the bond, all the while employing surly and underqualified people who cannot be made to operate their filthy vehicles safely, or to keep their stations crime-free, or to make their fares competitive with rider demand… then we might have the beginning of a conservative argument for mass transit.

]]> http://blogs.reuters.com/james-pethokoukis/2009/10/14/free-markets-and-mass-transit/comment-page-1/#comment-3108 the Shah Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:21:47 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/james-pethokoukis/?p=2303#comment-3108 Not much here to argue. I don't particularly care for the highway system bashing... those links nationwide helped build the country after World War II, as if being the only major country NOT completely flattened by six years of all out war wasn't enough of an advantage. More/better transit would be fantastic, but can never replace highways on any grounds. Not much here to argue. I don’t particularly care for the highway system bashing… those links nationwide helped build the country after World War II, as if being the only major country NOT completely flattened by six years of all out war wasn’t enough of an advantage. More/better transit would be fantastic, but can never replace highways on any grounds.

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