How Transport in the Modern World has Affected us as a People and our Surroundings

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INTRODUCTION

The introduction of steadily developing transport has created an expanding city with economic growth while creating a personal reliance on new technologies and the state. As transport options have been improving for individuals as well as the distributer, cities have adapted and grow side by side. Comparable to the growth of a city’s economy is the evolution of how a civilisation distributes itself with the convenience of increased transportation options. This essay will talk about the introduction of transportation to a people and how new technologies have promoted growth and reliance on the state through public roads and transportation. I will be comparing my experiences of going without the use of public transport systems to the points in this essay, relaying my thoughts on how transport in a modern world has affected both us as a people and our surroundings.

HISTORICAL TRANSPORT SHAPING NEW WORLD

Transport in a historical context is important to look at when confronting the ideas of transportation shaping the modern world. The developments throughout history show each consequence of new technologies on civilisations and individuals. The first formation of societies would rely on migration to provide the basic human needs of food, water and shelter, where as I believe today we are focused on individual personal gain through business and leisure. Places of rich resources would be a home until all source of food had become depleted resulting in an outreach towards new sources of nourishment, however today basic needs are in constant supply due to the introduction of agriculture and importation. I put forward the argument that transport in the context of a city structure is in place to promote growth. The growth of...

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...quently our own personal development. Transport as a technology is one I take for granted in my daily life and with the new insight I have developed through this essay I hope to become even more aware of the way which technology is having such a powerful effect on our actions as people, shaping how we, our cities and our peers interact with one another. We take technology for granted in an ever changing world where miracles are created every day, and I hope we do not take it for granted to much longer as one only realizes what they need most when it all falls to ruins. My experiences with transport in a modern world have taught me to take convenience with pleasure and efficiency at a last resort, something now which I hope will change in the near future.

Works Cited

Colin Clark, Transport-Maker and Breaker of cities, 2004 Liverpool University Press. Pg 240

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