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[–] GreatAlbatross 40 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Reading busses work really well. Not extortionate prices, fairly regular, and a bus tracking system open to the public that (mostly) works.
It always amazes me when people are surprised that an enterprise designed to primarily provide a service to the people, rather than dividends, gives better value for money.

The people win in every direction.
Money goes back into better busses, OAP bus passes cost less to the taxpayer, and Reading gets snazzy busses in cool colours.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 22 points 6 months ago

Privatisation has been tried even more as an economic theory in America, and there it has failed even harder. We know where that path leads. Take back the buses, take back the trains, the waterways, all of it.

[–] Kushan@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

I'm pretty sure Warrington's bus service is owned by the council and it's dire. Expensive, infrequent and the buses are old.