How privatization fueled the growth of Japanese transit

The World

Transit in most global cities is government-run. But in Japan, that’s not the case. There, private companies run a sprawling network of trains, subways and buses, often considered the best in the world. The World’s transportation correspondent Jeremy Siegel reports on what other countries can learn from Japan’s unique system.

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