Thank you very much for your answer.
I would like to throw out an idea. Communities that live in areas that are remote from major centres often face the following problem. As soon as a road is built to these areas, there is a sort of laissez-faire attitude on the part of the federal government with respect to other infrastructure, such as wharves, airports, and so on. Yet these infrastructures are essential to the economic development of these communities. It is not because a road passes through their town that fishermen will start fishing on the road. They will continue to use the wharf. The same thing happens when a community is thousands of miles away from major centres. Sometimes you have to fly in and out. Wouldn't that be a problem?
Wouldn't other modes of transportation, for example, transportation by boat, and even by air, be considered public transportation? I don't know if you have any expertise in this area, but I would still like to hear your views on this.