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Re: Nassau: Private company to run LI Bus |
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Posted by JAzumah on Thu Mar 17 06:20:08 2011, in response to Nassau: Private company to run LI Bus, posted by B53RICH on Wed Mar 16 22:39:56 2011. Advocates for maintaining the MTA's operation of LI Bus have said it is unlikely a private company will be able to offer comparable service for less money. But Nevin said one private bidder has said his company would need just $2.1 million to run the county's system. The county owns the fleet of about 300 buses.Nevin said it is unclear whether privatization would result in fare hikes or service cuts. The base fare now is $2.25. Was that bidder drug tested? For comparison, Academy runs the B-lines in Bergen for around $7M/year and that is a 6 day/week operation on most routes with hourly and half hourly headways. Clearly, someone is lying. |
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