Under normal circumstances I'd say organize/lobby for better transportation alternatives, but in a petro-state monarchy... oof.
Short of emigrating, I guess hope this thing won't end up the disastrous boondoggle the critics claim it'll be?
I’d say organize/lobby for better transportation alternatives
We don't have this things here
claim it’ll be?
I'm not very interested in it, so I don't know much, and I don't like to talk about things related to Saudi Arabia. I just talk about what I've experienced in my daily life.
I feel your pain. I moved from a rural area into Vancouver specifically to get access to the public transit here and, funny story, tomorrow I'm flying to VA for a memorial service and the town it will be in doesn't even have regional bus service... it's car or taxi only.
When you live in a rural area there's not much you can do... and if (like me with ADHD) you don't feel safe driving yourself, your options are: move, pay for taxis, or have good friends.
If this is important to you and others in your community, you could consider running for local city council[1] and look at trying to get some public transit options made available. My impression is that this may actually be pretty achievable since it sounds like MBS is throwing around a fair amount of money for infrastructure modernization and green energy initiatives - there might be federal funding available for electric buses.
Anyways, if you're like me and are uncomfortable driving for safety reasons moving would be my honest suggestion... but that's never an easy thing to do. Best of luck!
If I was from a rural village I don't think I would have the problems I mentioned, because it would be small and easy to move around.
The problem is I'm from Jeddah, a big city. To put it in perspective, it's 7 times bigger than Vancouver, and has 7 times the population (source: Wikipedia). It's the second largest city in Saudi Arabia. So here's the problem.
How far is the university? Is it doable on an e-bike? Hopefully you could at least alleviate it a bit for shorter local trips by bike.
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