This would be especially terrible for rural people. I don’t live in Alabama, but I do live in a rural area with no public transportation, period.
Unless someone can drive you somewhere in a car, when you’re in a very rural area, you can’t go anywhere at all. Even the closest gas station is over 10 miles away from my house. It’s an additional 10 miles to a grocery store or doctor’s office. And some of the specialists I see for my health are over 200 miles away, which is like a 400 mile round trip.
Cars are very important in many cities, particularly for people who live in neighborhoods without good public transportation and for disabled people for whom public transportation may not be accessible.
But there’s no way to really survive for most in rural areas unless someone in the household or a consistently available community member has a car to take you places.
please note this also intersects with ableism as many of us are not able to reliably take public transport.
isn’t… like… everything in America based around having a car?
Yup.
your choice will be between being able to buy the food and being able to get to where its available
so either way, you don’t get to have food
Arthur Orr submitted this bill, so if you want to drag him to hell for it, here you go:
DISTRICT 3 ADDRESS:
P.O. Box 305
Decatur, AL 35602
Phone:(256) 260-2147MONTGOMERY ADDRESS:
Suite 730
Alabama State House
11 South Union Street
Montgomery, AL 36130-4600
Phone: (334) 242-7891FIELD OFFICES:
Decatur
2128 6th Avenue SE – Ste 504
Decatur, AL 35601Huntsville
Madison County Legislative Delegation
726 Madison Street
Huntsville, AL 35801
(256) 539-5441Athens
Limestone County Legislative Delegation
110 College Street, Suite E4
Athens, AL 35611
(256) 262-9038
(Source: saywhat-politics, via cthulhu-with-a-fez)
