Telephone communication and reliable and rapid transportation is essential for the conduct of any serious commercial business. Impeding the flow of services, goods and people impedes development in the expanded context within which people presently operate. Both goods and people must move freely and rapidly if local socio-economic development is to move beyond the stage of a good idea. This flow must occur amongst small communities, urban districts, towns and villages, between the village and the province, the village and the nation, and the village and the world. Meanwhile, it is easier for many to travel to the national capital than it is to journey to the opposite side of the district.
Although many communities are experimenting with systems of communication that direct and organize an ever-increasing information flow to provide what people need in a usable form, many urban residents lack practical communication links with sources of necessary information. They are still hampered by the continuing decline of old information systems, physical isolation of high-rise living and disrupted employment patterns. Technological developments in utilities and services for domestic and industrial uses have not been made available to many rural communities, which often do not have services necessary to meet their present needs. Streets and sidewalks are often crumbling and full of potholes. Some communities have only one road connecting them with the outside world. There is often no public transport - bus services do not go to every community; or even if they do, late night or Sunday services often do not exist, thus limiting outside activities. Families who do not own vehicles must travel at the convenience of neighbours and friends. There is usually only one telephone, resulting in long trips for emergency calls. Such unavailability of basic services leads leads to a growing isolation that discourages the community's involvement in the development that is going on around it.