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nugudan t1_jd0cdfl wrote

Reply to comment by throw495887 in DeCamp ends decommuter buses to NYC by rollotomasi07071

Buses are privately run and publicly subsidized in Japan, UK, Denmark, Sweden, South Korea, etc. - unless you want to argue that those are not first world countries.

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throw495887 t1_jd0gc87 wrote

Yes, it may be common in Japan and the UK. And these countries aren't really known for high quality bus service. Buses in London are good but these are run on a contract system, not similar to the situation that Decamp, Coach USA, etc have. And when you go out to other parts of Britain the quality drops off a lot.

I don't know anything about the other countries you mentioned. It's still a minority of countries. With high labor costs for bus drivers it is extremely difficult if not impossible to make bus service run profitably.

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StuMaximuss t1_jd2hqsc wrote

Which is why we pay taxes in NJ, NJT was cheaper per month. BECAUSE we subsidized with taxes and it wasn’t a for profit business.

Fuck private buses in NJ. This is great news.

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