Worker-run transit? Yes! It really happened.
During the revolution, most of Spain came under self-management. Nowhere was the anarchist spirit stronger than in Catalan where workers ran the Barcelona transit system. Unfortunately, it only lasted three years. Franco and the Fascists, with help from the Stalinists who viewed anarchists as "uncontrollable elements," won the war and quickly brought an end to this experiment in democracy.
I recommend you read:
http://www.uncanny.net/~wetzel/barcelonatransit1936.htm
