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?
Do you have a local paper which might be interested in launching a campaign? There’s plenty of good material for a journo there. People who don’t want a car but need one to get to work. Buses which take an hour to go 5 miles. Cyclists endangered by traffic. People with restricted mobility being stuck in their homes. Older people who can’t actually use their free bus passes.
If you have any kind of creative talent, or friends who do, you could make some vids about specific local problems and stick them online. Not because you expect to get a big audience but because you can promote the link in local area groups and send them to the paper.
More effort than turning up to council meetings and collaring candidates when they’re campaigning for elections. But likely more effective if the issue is not already on the local agenda.