I am the first to admit that any company that exists
without competition needs to have outside action to shake them up every
so often. That applies especially to a bureaucracy, it even applies to a
Union. I know this sounds vaguely Republican, but it is true. The
problem lies in just what the results of the action are. If the desired
action of the privatization law was to lower the wages of bus drivers,
then it has succeeded. If the desired action was to make bus service
more efficient in Denver then it has failed.
Efficient bus service
means buses on time, serving the needs of all the public, and providing
a pleasant trip for all. The RTD mission statement is "To meet our
constituents' present and future public transit needs by offering safe,
clean, reliable, courteous, accessible and cost-effective service
throughout the district."
Statistics on the private contractors are very hard to come by.
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