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CJ

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What will transport be like in 20 years time? How will we get from A to B in a quick, clean, and sustainable way? 

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Portals ftw

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Im still waiting for my DeLorean 

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I can't see many changes to be honest with you. Look back 20 years, and ask what dramatic changes have been in transportation since then? The main differences is the increased efficiency and standard of vehicles, trains, aeroplanes etc rather than any brand new ideas. In the next 20 years I can only see road vehicles getting more economical, trains getting faster, and aeroplanes getting more aerodynamic. Ideas like portals seem mythical and far fetched but never say never - go back 100 years and tell a man about the Concorde and I’m sure he wouldn't believe you.

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you'll swallow a tablet and be there.

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There's not going to be any drastic change whatsoever (bar Ford adjusting that driving seat 1.235cm left for the dynamic driving experience) until the last drop of oil runs out.

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(Original post by CJ)
What will transport be like in 20 years time?

Exactly the same as it is now, just like it was 50 years ago and just as how it will most definitely be for foreseable future unless someone cracks the whole hydrogen fuel cell feasibility problem (which is physically impossible?) or some unthinkable solution surfaces which is very slim - In the 60's people thought that by the millennium people will have flying cars and we will live on other planets, yet where are we now?

Think about it, the monstrous task which lays ahead of governments and countries which is to completely overhaul our primary transport system (cars with combustible engines) would take ATLEAST a 2 decades to phase out, it's such an integral part of our transport and is wedged in just above the shelter and work needs.

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Unlikely to change that much. Remember how in the 20th century they made films and predicted that in the 2000s we'd all be driving hovercrafts and such. Still don't see any.

I think that all forms all public transport: Buses, taxis, minibuses, etc will be hydrogen powered. Most cars now will be shinier and slicker with engines in the back instead of the front (Like Porsche). 25% will be hybrid or electric.

In say 80-100 years things may change. Apart from nuclear destruction, rising sea levels and running out of resources, I think we will be in a populative and economical brink where vehicle ownership vastly declines. All cities will have bullet trains in place of buses, all cars will electric powered. There will be tracks on the road like tram tracks. All cars (except emergency vehicles) will drive along these, powered by electricity from the tracks. The cars will basically drive themselves. They will move along the tracks and all the driver will do is choose left or right (if not already using a sat nav). The front and backs of cars will be polarised so they don't hit one another.

Less power usage, less accidents, less escaping criminals and an easier, quicker, smoother transport for all.