Hey Solarpunk homies!
I've already made a post about cool ways to reuse parking garage structures but tonight the mind is wandering and now I'm curious about how gas stations might be reused in a solarpunk era.
Gas stations I'm most familiar with generally look like the images I added, I'm not sure if they're different regionally or globally. There's usually a big shelter overhanging the pumps, held up by pillars where the pumps are at. There's a smaller building inside, which usually at least has restrooms and a few aisles of snacks and other quick-buy things you might need on the road.
While I don't think cars and trucks would necessarily be 100% obsolete, I definitely think they'd be a lot less common, and as such there wouldn't be as much of a need for gas stations. So I'm curious as to how some people think a gas station area could possibly be reused.
Some Ideas I've thought of so far

• Tearing them down and building something new in the space is an option, obvs.
• The sheltering overhang could make a nice basis for an outdoor hangout area, with protecting from rain and sun while still getting to enjoy the temperatures and vibes? You could set up tables and chairs under it to make it a nice sort of community space?
• You could use the overhang as a starting structure to fully enclose the area with walls and make a new building from what's already present, maybe?
• I'm enjoying the image of seeing them surrounded with raised garden beds full of flowers and veggies. Oftentimes gas stations also have a bit of land around them, or a retention pond (at least where I'm from) so it could be nice to revitalize that area into habitat with pollinator gardens and tree plantings and such.
• I'm not sure what kinds of complexities would arise with reusing an old gas station (I feel like I've seen plenty of run down abandoned gas stations, but can't think of any I've seen be rebuilt into something else), so if anyone has knowledge about that it could be interesting to learn as well!

Let me know if you think of other cool ideas!