Did you know? That
the much-touted Curitiba bus system is privately-owned and
operated?
![](images/didyou_htm_smartbutton9.gif) Did
you know that in the "Paris of South America," the city
of Buenos Aires, Argentina, all its 15,000 buses are
privately owned, operated and profitable?
![](images/didyou_htm_smartbutton10.gif) Did
you know that Honolulu's bus system was profitable until it was
taken over in 1972 by the City and County of Honolulu? Or that it
now needs a subsidy of over $100 million annually in operating and
capital costs?
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Did
you know that Honolulu once had a premium but fast jitney bus service?
It ran for five years but was put out of business by the bus company's
plea that they were entitle to a monopoly.
Did
you know that Atlantic City has oldest established bus system in
the U.S. and that it is still privately operated and profitable?
![](images/didyou_htm_smartbutton13.gif) Did
you know that all of London's famous red double-decker buses are
now all privately-owned and operated without subsidies? ![](images/didyou_htm_smartbutton14.gif)
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