>>1815199Which is why rural road infrastructure in the US is actually not that bad. It's the suburbs and mid-sized (25k-200k) cities that are really where trouble starts. My only gripe is that many intersections on county and state highways are either a four way stop, or MAYBE a traffic light if you're lucky. The big focus on rural infrastructure is making roadways safer from a traffic standpoint, rather than increasing traffic flow.
>>1814943The area I grew up in was serviced by the Heartland Express (before they made shipping their primary focus) which operated a bunch of retard racer busses on a borderline taxi basis. They only were able to sustain routes when subsidized by the state to a point where their expenses were nearly zero, and they weren't really effective at catering to a highly decentralized population. I honestly would say that driving is the most sensible form of transportation for a decentralized rural area.
