[Alas Babylon!]

Wasn’t there a time when “public” transportation was done by private companies?

What happened?

I’m for that being the case again.

[colorado tanker]

Wasn’t there a time when “public” transportation was done by private companies?

Yep, that's back when the systems made economic sense. The reason the recent systems are all government run is the liberals are imposing systems that make no economic sense.