Whatever you call it, don’t let Janeway near it.

(Just kidding, Tuvix deserved what it got)

Rural parts of Europe are much smaller than rural parts of America. The challenges are different and the comparison doesn’t quite fit.

I feel similarly to that. I’ve always chafed under the “Man” label because it never felt like it fit despite my being generally masculine. So now I don’t bother with labelling myself unless pressed.

It happens to all of us

All that to say that public transit doesn’t really enter the conversation for me about rural areas except as something we ought to do,

That’s basically what I said in my first sentence of my first reply

You completely misunderstood my point by only talking about cities and suburban sprawl, which isn’t what I was talking about at all. Rural areas exist. Rural areas will continue to exist because farming requires a lot of land. People still live in those areas and will continue to do so. It would genuinely be a waste of resources to service those areas with public transit. Single family EVs are a better alternative for those areas because the logistical challenges of public transit get more and more difficult the further you get from a city.

I get that you hate cars enough to write a book in response to a couple sentences, but you need to realize that not everyone lives in the city or even in suburban sprawl. Yes cities need to be re

True, but good public transit is only really feasible at suburban population densities or higher.

High speed rail would work for linking rural communities together, but half of the people in those areas don’t live within walking/biking distance of town (especially when needing to transport goods) so the adoption of EVs should still be encouraged.

I fail to understand why this gets downvoted …

Because trans kids exist whether you approve of them or not.