How
Technology Has Made Traveling Easier Today
Blogfest# 10 Hosted by Kate Benzin
Technology
has made many changes in the way people and animals travel. We have automobiles, trains, planes and
ships.
The
venues for purchasing tickets are nearly endless, one can either; physically go to the local travel agency, call
the travel agency to book travel, go on-line to any one of the on-line travel
agencies who tout the lowest prices.
Rail
is fast becoming the way to travel
again. As I have yet to experience this
mode of travel, I cannot comment on whether or not it is convenient or
comfortable. I do, however, feel it is
the most “green” of mass transit we have to date.
Plane
rides…well, they certainly are not what they were twenty years ago. On some planes the first two rows were smoke
free. The entire plane would billow with
smoke, burning your eyes even if you weren't actually partaking. The exhaust system leaves much to be desired
today.
But,
I digress. Technology. You can select your seat from home. You have the privilege of loading your luggage onto the conveyor, after answering questions as to whether or not someone asked
you to pack things for them. It seems to
me, our transportation system has become more and more like Germany during the
cold war. Policed heavily.
Is
it easier? I don’t think so. The time stumbling blocks are simply
different stumbling blocks. Planes still
get delayed or cancelled. In an overt
ploy of “safety” you can no longer take your own food on the plane and must
purchase from the airlines.
This
is just one person’s take on today’s travel.
People are in a hurry to go nowhere, but they need to get there right
now!
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