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How thr fuck do I force/ lobby my local council to implement acceptable public transport into my town (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

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.