Everyone is amazed at Japan’s HSR right? Make sure to listen all the way to the end.
http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/6tHUazOZIAk&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&border=1
Yeah, that’s right, it is now privately owned and operated. They subsidized it and then learned it would be more efficient to allow privatized operation.
Imagine that. To improve efficiency none the less. Maybe it is time that we re-learned what our history (in the US) would teach us.