The issue with private services is that they will handle most profitable routes and ignore less profitable ones.
You end up with a system where there is even more socioeconomic exclusion (poorer people living in areas where they need to use cars, but cars are more expensive and won’t get into the future cities).
Or - at worst - it won’t work at all, because you will need a car anyway for those 5-10% long tail destinations that private transport won’t cover.
I think this is the reason European countries have public transportation - which is forced to tackle less profitable routes, but can earn back money on the profitable ones.
(Similarly post office)
Hope does that compare with the reality of jitneys both in India and the similar phaenoma around NYC providing timely transportation for the working class? (In NYC often persecuted by the government as well)
You end up with a system where there is even more socioeconomic exclusion (poorer people living in areas where they need to use cars, but cars are more expensive and won’t get into the future cities).
Or - at worst - it won’t work at all, because you will need a car anyway for those 5-10% long tail destinations that private transport won’t cover.
I think this is the reason European countries have public transportation - which is forced to tackle less profitable routes, but can earn back money on the profitable ones. (Similarly post office)