You want a true transit authority horror story go read up on Washington DCs. The unions are not their big issue though they do cost the TA a lot of time and money, its the money games that came about because of years if not decades of mismanagement by government appointees and officials.
and its not just infrastructure. Canada privatized into a non profit entity their air traffic control to good success. We have the TSA running security in airports where if you want timely service it will cost you hours of time and nearly a hundred bucks for membership and even that is not guaranteed. The worst example of how government mismanages everything is sadly still not fixed, the VA
There is just too much up front cost in government projects that weighs down the economy but the real danger is all the deferred costs from maintenance to pensions.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/met...
and its not just infrastructure. Canada privatized into a non profit entity their air traffic control to good success. We have the TSA running security in airports where if you want timely service it will cost you hours of time and nearly a hundred bucks for membership and even that is not guaranteed. The worst example of how government mismanages everything is sadly still not fixed, the VA
There is just too much up front cost in government projects that weighs down the economy but the real danger is all the deferred costs from maintenance to pensions.