> Because history shows they can be run at a profit with the same fare, at no cost to the taxpayers.

So can highways; Private toll roads are a thing. Doesn’t mean the National Highway System is bad.

The ferries in New Orleans would like a word with you.

Do you think even a full 1% of readers have any idea what you're talking about? I doubt it.

If you have a point to make, make it.

They were privatized (formerly funded with toll bridge dollars), had service cut, and roundly failed to make a profit and are probably being transferred to another company. My point was that privatization is not some golden age all these services started out with like in WA.

The free market is what works, privatization doesn't necessarily mean a free market was allowed.