destructdisc@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-210 days ago"Public transit is only for people living in big cities, if you're out in the country you need a car to get places!"youtu.beexternal-linkmessage-square43linkfedilinkarrow-up169arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up162arrow-down1external-link"Public transit is only for people living in big cities, if you're out in the country you need a car to get places!"youtu.bedestructdisc@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-210 days agomessage-square43linkfedilinkfile-text
No. No you do not. You need to force your local governments to campaign for better public transport and infrastructure.
minus-squareessell@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·10 days agoI agree. Rural public transport could absolutely be way better, especially if it was viewed as a public service, not a business. There’s plenty of places where even an optimised solution would mean cars aren’t needed.
minus-squarejj4211@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 days agoQuestion is to cover rural communities as-is, do you and up practically replacing every car on the road with a bus? Bus is generally only better if you have significantly fewer of them to scale.
I agree.
Rural public transport could absolutely be way better, especially if it was viewed as a public service, not a business.
There’s plenty of places where even an optimised solution would mean cars aren’t needed.
Question is to cover rural communities as-is, do you and up practically replacing every car on the road with a bus? Bus is generally only better if you have significantly fewer of them to scale.