What about rural places that needs a car to live?
Resources
Building better public transit in rural America - Via Transportation
https://ridewithvia.com/resources/articles/building-better-public-transit-in-rural-america/
Rural places are often far away, too far that it’s not serviceable by public transport. This article’s idea is to use on-demand transit service which is a good first step.
There are some success stories. For example, in 2019, Travis County, Texas with a population of 9000 implemented this service. The results:
In the first three months of service in Manor, ridership increased 285% per day compared to the previous legacy dial-a-ride service, the number of passengers per vehicle per hour increased by four times, and the costs decreased by 50% per passenger. Residents using PickUp get the ease and convenience of a private taxi with the affordability and sustainability of the bus.
“But what about rural areas” : fuckcars
https://www.reddit.com/r/fuckcars/comments/s7eqvr/but_what_about_rural_areas/
An example of bike lanes in rural Netherlands.
Home - Rural Design Guide
An online design resource and idea book, intended to help small towns and rural communities support safe, comfortable, and active travel for people of all ages and abilities.
Walkable? Check. Urban? Check. Rural? Also Check.
https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2020/2/17/walkable-check-urban-check-rural-also-check
- https://reddit.com/r/fuckcars/comments/t6rcl5/i_feel_that_a_lot_of_protransit_and_walkable/hzcyktu/
- https://reddit.com/r/fuckcars/comments/t7fara/how_dare_you_use_a_superior_mode_of_transport/hzi1dql/
Here are some examples of towns in the rural sense. You still the greenery everywhere but it’s still walkable.