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		aembleton on Jan 26, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Oslo made its city center basically car-free Why does it have to be publicly owned? For example, all of London buses are privately owned, but the bus companies are contracted to operate routes and the city sets the fares, colour scheme etc so that they all look the same.

elcomet on Jan 26, 2019 [–]

You're right, that's an other option. But can you say that it is really private if the city sets the price, and the routes?

And wouldn't it be better to have the same thing but public (so that benefits are used to actually improve the service, and not pay dividends)?

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