[sustran] Re: urban rail and transport problems in KL

[Alan P Howes]

I do intend (when I get around to it) to respond to some of Charlie's
points - many of which raise more social issues than transport ones. I
can't help feeling that I have been here before though - no doubt on
misc.transport.urban-transit (which I can't get at from here).

On Sat, 02 Oct 1999 13:11:19 +1000, Charlie Richardson
<sydtrans at enternet.com.au> wrote:
>
>I believe it's necessary to look at little further under the surface to test the
>notions that "UK degregulation worked in that it achieved what the government
>wanted - big cuts in subsidy." .... and that "... the public as a whole (including
>taxpayers) got better value for money out of PT after Dereg than before it."


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