We have basic public transit, and id say long distance transport is excelent, but it does not serve me at all when i need to drive because of my work from farm to farm, or i want to pick mushrooms or berries from random forest plots.
Only because public transit is shit in rural areas due to the coal, oil, and gas lobby.
In countries like Switzerland, it’s available even in rural areas. A big country like China can build them aplenty. And the US used to have a much denser network of public transit.
MrFinnbean@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 hours ago
And bicycling then?
MrFinnbean@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
Because i cant bike holding fence posts and tools. Nearest shop is 15km one way trip and nearest bus stop 500m away. Long enough so i dont want to carry my groseries by hand.
As for biking i do a lot of recreational bike trips.
birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 hours ago
Wouldn’t an electric bike be an option? They go 25 km/hr (speed pedelecs can even go 45 km/hr, handy for rural areas).
And there are bicycle bags, you put them on the back of your bike.
that said, fair, recreational bike trips are fun. hope you have a good day :3
masterspace@lemmy.ca 12 hours ago
Lmao.
Bruh I was in Switzerland last year, their rural areas are like 20min from their urban areas. You can literally fit 26 countries of Switzerlands into a single province of Ontario.
Public transit is great, but you’re acting like public transit can cover all the edge cases of country living and it just fundamentally cannot.