CoolerOpposide [none/use name]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-210 months agoSilicon Valley startup “Zūm” leaves thousands of kids stranded and unable to commute to or from school after Howard County, Maryland privatizes half of school bus fleetstreamable.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up181arrow-down10
arrow-up181arrow-down1external-linkSilicon Valley startup “Zūm” leaves thousands of kids stranded and unable to commute to or from school after Howard County, Maryland privatizes half of school bus fleetstreamable.comCoolerOpposide [none/use name]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-210 months agomessage-square14fedilink
minus-squareSickos [they/them, it/its]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up44·10 months agoClearly the answer is further privatization and deregulation, because innovation in the bus marketplace is stifled
minus-squarezifnab25 [he/him, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·10 months agoNow that Zūm has a funding stream, they can plow that back into lobbying efforts to guarantee the state keeps renewing the contract. They’re getting paid to get paid. The best business model in existence.
Clearly the answer is further privatization and deregulation, because innovation in the bus marketplace is stifled
Now that Zūm has a funding stream, they can plow that back into lobbying efforts to guarantee the state keeps renewing the contract.
They’re getting paid to get paid. The best business model in existence.