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Developments in technology over the years have allowed the continual advancements in transport. New materials, new fuels and engines have given rise to most amazing transport machines of their times. In the 20th century alone, the motorcycle, helicopter, space shuttle, supersonic car, electric car, hovercraft, speedboat, mountain bike, magnetic train, supersonic jet, helicopter, nuclear tanker and mass-produced car, have emerged, all feats of science and invention. This has changed our day-to-day lives profoundly, and has altered our perspectives. At the dawn of the 20th century, a businessman would have taken 168 hours (7 days!) to cross the Atlantic by sea, but today, it will take him only 4 hours by aeroplane. Long-distance travel is no longer a terrible inconvenience, thanks to the jet airliner.

In Transport: The Race Forward, we show you how transport has developed in the 20th century, and how it has affected of society in the Trends section.