I live in the UK and my town has not got transport that allows mobility for all. No bike lanes (and if they exist they’re just painted on the road), no bus lanes (buses get stuck in the same rush hour traffic and everyone else which doesn’t incentivise people to take them) and these buses are also unreliable and infrequent. What makes it worse is that my local council is right leaning. How do I hold my local council accountable to implementing even the cheapest solutions to traffic and transportation? How can I lead to public transport change in my community?
How big is your town?
40,000 people
Wow, that place definitely needs more public transit. Here 10k residents and a bus every 20 mins, except 1 hour on weekends
If there’s no strong feedback after attending your local government meetings, moving might be a better option IMO. Have a drive or bike around some other regions where effort has been put in to start/expand bus right-of-ways and bike infrastructure.
I would love to attend local meetings but there are no meetings with public transport on the agenda on their schedul AT ALL. It seems like I would have to shoehorn public transit in which could potentially alienate the cause. I’m also not sure if I really know enough about the implementation of public transport - if I’m met with pushback I can’t deal with I’m not sure if the cause will survive.
Well the UK may be different, but around here that wouldn’t be big enough to have much transit. It’s just not going happen.
I think you’d have better luck with pushing for bike infrastructure. Say that it’s small enough to cycle everywhere, businesses won’t need as much parking (easier development), cheap for residents, etc.
I agree with you, it’s just how to campaign for it. When most people in the UK hear bike lanes they just switch off - people hate hobby cyclists in this country and they tend to associate anything to do with bikes with them.