Rural Transportation | Lindsay Advocate

In most countries, access to public transportation is the only option. People do not have their own cars but are able to take a bus or train to travel. When I lived in Ukraine, to take the bus cost less than $0.25 and to travel for 3 hours on a train or a shuttle bus was roughly ten dollars. In comparison in the city that I live near to (population 25,000) the price to take a bus is $3.00 and to travel 3 hours on a airport shuttle bus is roughly $75.00. A person wanting to travel to a nearby community has to pay for a taxi or beg a friend to drive them.

In this article Rural transportation as social right and economic investment it covers several aspect of rural transportation.

The research is clear that rural transportation is good for the local economy. Rural transit systems have been shown to offer significant employment benefits and increasing local productivity. Rural areas with public transit have more economic growth than those that do not have access to transportation.

People who live outside of an urban center are in a paradoxical situation. If they do not have a car, they cannot drive into the city to work. They cannot buy a car because they cannot get work. In case one asks about why they do not live in the city... they do not build inexpensive housing in the city. There is at least a two hundred dollar difference between an apartment in the "city" and a similar apartment in a smaller community 30 km (18 miles) away.

One solution to help resolve this issue would be have a autonomous vehicle like Ollie. The vehicle is self-driving so it does not have the cost of a driver and the exact price can be determined for the distance.