These are awesome suggestions , thanks a lot for your time and help . I ' ll definitely start trying to work this stuff into what I ' m doing <| sep |> I agree . He asked for examples of failures though . Failures don ' t prove it can ' t be done , only that it ' s failed before . In the case of public transport , failure tends to hit the lower class the hardest , the middle class pretty hard , and the upper class the least . So failed privatization is expensive too , it ' s not a cheap experiment . Also keep in mind that Japan ' s rail system is privatized not its city transport systems , those are city operated . So while the train from NY DC are private , the trains in NY are public , as a rough comparison . This is especially important when we see that population density in the country rapidly drops off outside of Tokyo , this is further aided by the fact that japan is basically a line and isn ' t divided into states that crisscross and go too far laterally as well . Still your point is well taken in that successful privatization is possible , I just think it needs to be very carefully and meticulously applied so as not to be costly in dollars and hardship to taxpayers .