Rural frustration - the last one to turns off the lights (Scenario 1):

Rural areas are becoming an economically developing country with deficits in digital supply, particularly as a result of the dismantling of industrial structures. A widespread rural escape to the metropolises accelerates the population decline, which turns the countryside into a social hotspot and makes creative (emergency) supply solutions necessary, among other things also with regard to goods logistics. While the temporal distribution of mobility remains unchanged, work and leisure trips are declining sharply. Also because mobility is becoming increasingly expensive, people are retreating into their own four walls. Sustainability issues are of secondary importance in the eyes of politicians and the population. Financial restrictions limit the scope for action of largely passive political actors. Infrastructure decay is a major consequence. While transportation systems remain technologically unchanged, public mobility provision is being dismantled. Dependence on individual mobility solutions is growing. Necessity is the mother of invention here - low-cost alternatives to the car are gaining in importance, as are commercial and private sharing solutions..

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