Other Alternative Services
Note: An asterisk (*) next to a source means it hasn’t yet been fully reviewed by the PTB team.
State/Municipal Services (“Public Goods”)
Parks – For details, Press Me!
Firefighting – For details, Press Me!
Zoos – For details, Press Me!
Disney, Florida – For details, Press Me!
Graffiti Cleanup – For details, Press Me!
Information preservation – For details, Press Me!
War-torn Iraq – The emergence of utilities, money, and defense. For details, Press Me!
Sandy Springs, Georgia – The “city that outsourced everything.” For details, Press Me!
Detroit, Michigan – Budget cuts have led to private city police, buses, (government-prohibited) benches. For details, Press Me!
Kansas City, Missouri – For details, Press Me!
Transportation
Slugging – an organically-emergent ride-sharing in Washington, D.C. For details, Press Me!
Sharing Economy – For details, Press Me!
Arts & Sciences
The Center for Innovation, Testing, and Evaluation – A “ghost town” in New Mexico, built by a private company for R&D. For details, Press Me!
Private funding – For details, Press Me!
Crowdfunding – For details, Press Me!