* Australia - Private buses deal a public disgrace
In the understanding of most people, public transport is provided for the use of the general populace - which is to say, for anybody or everybodySydney,New South Wales,Australia -The Daily Telegraph -August 16, 2007: -- ... However the NSW Government seems to take a completely different view, to the extent that the terms "public" and "private" can now be used interchangeably... For example, government-run buses - which might be thought in laymen's terms to fall under the conventional definition of public transport - are now being operated as a sort of exclusive for-hire limo service to the corporate sector... And no doubt there's money to be made in the arrangement. In one deal, the State Transit Authority has guaranteed to provide more than 200 services a day to the North Ryde headquarters of telecommunications giant Optus... Now, we expect public transport services to run efficiently, even profitably if possible. And if it becomes feasible for government-run public transport operators to maintain proper service levels for the general commuting population and offer a for-profit contract service to private companies, well and good... But the idea that "public" services are being cut to meet "private" contracts is unacceptable...
* Companies snap up public buses
Sydney,New South Wales,Australia -newscom.au, by Joe Hildebrand -August 16, 2007: -- Sydney commuters are being left stranded because the State Government has hired out hundreds of bus services a day for the exclusive use of private companies... As chronic driver shortages cripple service routes and throw running times and timetables into chaos, the Government is renting public buses to private businesses for extra revenue... (Picture by Matt Reed - Exclusive ... while regular commuters wait, as few as three private employees ride in chartered comfort on public buses)
Sydney,New South Wales,Australia -newscom.au, by Joe Hildebrand -August 16, 2007: -- Sydney commuters are being left stranded because the State Government has hired out hundreds of bus services a day for the exclusive use of private companies... As chronic driver shortages cripple service routes and throw running times and timetables into chaos, the Government is renting public buses to private businesses for extra revenue... (Picture by Matt Reed - Exclusive ... while regular commuters wait, as few as three private employees ride in chartered comfort on public buses)
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