@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 1 month agoWe live in a public transit helllemmy.worldimagemessage-square160fedilinkarrow-up1378arrow-down15cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1373arrow-down1imageWe live in a public transit helllemmy.world@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 1 month agomessage-square160fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusinesslinkfedilink0•1 month agoJapan is the MVP here. I live there and I literally have never seen a train not arrive exactly at the scheduled time. However “public” transport is privately owned so… Uh… Yeah, tradeoffs.
minus-squareivanafterall ☑️linkfedilinkEnglish0•1 month agoGiven that it works so well, what are the negatives due to being private? Is it expensive to ride?
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusinesslinkfedilink0•1 month ago Is it expensive to ride? Yeah. It also stops running at around 11 or 12 so if you stay out late you just might find you can’t get back home.
Japan is the MVP here. I live there and I literally have never seen a train not arrive exactly at the scheduled time. However “public” transport is privately owned so… Uh… Yeah, tradeoffs.
Given that it works so well, what are the negatives due to being private? Is it expensive to ride?
Yeah. It also stops running at around 11 or 12 so if you stay out late you just might find you can’t get back home.