It is certainly possible to have good public transit everywhere – as I mentioned, Switzerland for an example, which also has rural areas - and even there, access to public transit is excellent. The issue is that billionnaires try to weasel out of paying their due share, which benefits everyone. The ideal situation is definitely possible, and we need to strive for it!
The stop and ride is a thing in the Netherlands BECAUSE public transit got less and less funding while CEOs and billionnaires greedily hark in money. Often, there used to be bus stops there, and then the neoliberal and right wing governments, propped by the far right sometimes, broke that down, while lowering taxes for the ultra rich.
As for the disabled person that can walk but not for long distances – for those bicycles, again, would be excellent because it doesn’t strain the knee or hip a lot, compared to walking.
The situation I describe is also very real and certainly achievable. A doomerist mindset of “it’s impossible” or “it’s too rural for that” won’t cut it. Again, what we need is to tax billionnaires as much as we did in the '50s - if not more - and eliminate all billionnaires. Only by having the oligarchs pay can we actually instate proper infrastructure. Utopias only stay utopias with a doomer mindset. When we set ourselves to action, to campaigning for it actively, we also set for pressure to actually build it.
That said, I agree that a no-nonsense vehicle without all the bells and whistles would be excellent.
It is certainly possible to have good public transit everywhere – as I mentioned, Switzerland for an example, which also has rural areas - and even there, access to public transit is excellent. The issue is that billionnaires try to weasel out of paying their due share, which benefits everyone. The ideal situation is definitely possible, and we need to strive for it!
The stop and ride is a thing in the Netherlands BECAUSE public transit got less and less funding while CEOs and billionnaires greedily hark in money. Often, there used to be bus stops there, and then the neoliberal and right wing governments, propped by the far right sometimes, broke that down, while lowering taxes for the ultra rich.
As for the disabled person that can walk but not for long distances – for those bicycles, again, would be excellent because it doesn’t strain the knee or hip a lot, compared to walking.
The situation I describe is also very real and certainly achievable. A doomerist mindset of “it’s impossible” or “it’s too rural for that” won’t cut it. Again, what we need is to tax billionnaires as much as we did in the '50s - if not more - and eliminate all billionnaires. Only by having the oligarchs pay can we actually instate proper infrastructure. Utopias only stay utopias with a doomer mindset. When we set ourselves to action, to campaigning for it actively, we also set for pressure to actually build it.
That said, I agree that a no-nonsense vehicle without all the bells and whistles would be excellent.