Not surprised at all.
Let me tell you : railroad worker in France is the most spoiled, unionized and whinny people in the country (source: close family member working at SNCF).
You wanna fire one of them? You don't want to give them raise?
think twice because they will block the country for days.
All french administration is similar, but those gonzos have the leverage to make the whole country come kiss their ass sorry.
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I think it's the opposite. Highways are managed by private companies. big $$$ are made here. Tolls were initialy about paying the construction back. They all forgot about that and now it's for profit!!!A leftist daydream is to replace the US highways with European styled trains. Free travel by a population in personal cars is against leftist ideology.
Only reason to take the train : it's cheaper than the insanely pricey highway tolls, by a tiny margin.
Do they purposely keep the train fares a little lower than highway tolls???
When you drive on the highway, you don't have to pay all the very expensive labor costs of the train crew members. You do have to pay for the cost of your typically little European car, but you don't have to pay the cost of the very expensive train carriages and locomotives.
The French don't make a good trans
The French don't make a good trans
I think they make better trains than the USA.