Stuart M.
Google
Ruggedly beautiful area with good infrastructure, and the local tourist department is doing its best to promote it, but it seems that many of the locals don't want to actually have tourists visiting here. Felt extremely unwelcome even though I speak quite fluent German.
If you want to catch public transport in this area then sometimes there is no other option that walking along the road to get to the nearest stop.
Don't expect car drivers in this area to leave you much space and keep in mind that the edge of the Kirnitzschtal tram extends about a meter out from the edge of its tracks.
From my limited experience, many local drivers refuse to slow or stop for pedestrians even at designated crosswalks, so watch out.