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?
step 1: give them money.
step 2: make them think you’ll give them more money. this may involve repeating step 1 several times.
step 3: let them know that if you don’t get what you want, the money stops.
then it’s just a matter of whether the money you were giving them is significant enough to make them care.