For the members of the collective living in urban areas with access to public transit, Can you come up some ideas to address the transportation issues faced by people living in more rural areas?

Italian Princess asked a question about her car, and jellies keep answering public transit. I live in another rural area of the state and public transit is extremely limited. We have a few buses that go to a few towns in the county about six times a day. Our county population is around 50,000 and its roughly an hours drive at 55 mph from one side to the other.. We pretty much are dependent on our cars, or a friend with a car. Can you think of any ways to address transportation in this area?