The maxim "justice delayed is justice denied" is a well-known principle in the legal world, emphasising the importance of timely justice. We should extend this concept to the realm of access. Delayed access equates to denied access, with all of the efficiency and equity losses that follow. The timely provision of access is crucial for individuals to advantage themselves on opportunities and improve their quality of life.
This gives the most excellent framework towards understanding why the most sensible possible strategy for an individual towards drastically expanding their own access when they need it is getting a car:
- It takes one business day (and a credit score slightly better than 'utterly bad') to acquire one, and you can drive it anywhere throughout the road network, straightaway.
This also provides a very simple and true razor-blade insight into transportation policy: if a government is not expanding accessibility via all other modes through a consistent program with meaningful and measurable improvement delivered every single year, within one political cycle, then it is unserious about transportation.
This gives the most excellent framework towards understanding why the most sensible possible strategy for an individual towards drastically expanding their own access when they need it is getting a car:
- It takes one business day (and a credit score slightly better than 'utterly bad') to acquire one, and you can drive it anywhere throughout the road network, straightaway.
This also provides a very simple and true razor-blade insight into transportation policy: if a government is not expanding accessibility via all other modes through a consistent program with meaningful and measurable improvement delivered every single year, within one political cycle, then it is unserious about transportation.
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