How Will We Get Around Near-Future Earth?

Slob Nerd points to this BBC article on future transport possibilities. It begins "The prospect of a revolution in air travel has been raised by Nasa's successful test of a 5,000mph plane. But are we likely to see similar advances in other forms of transport? Dusting off the crystal ball, what changes might come in the way we get around? What big ideas are out there, and do they have any chance of seeing the light of day?"

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Seriously...

[Pig Hogger]

Cities will comeback, with a vengeance. With increasing oil prices (look, it started already!) and declining supply (google for "peak oil"), suburbs will increasingly become uneconomic, up to the point that in 20 years, not a single bank will finance a mortgage for suburban property, as the cost of supplying services to low-density areas will skyrocket.

And since cars don't belong in cities, there will be an increase in public transit use, as well as bicycling.

This will doubly benefit the people: they will be healthier thanks to the exercise, and there will be much less air pollution (that is responsible for many deaths a year).