Transportation
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Transports role in the future economies of the world
Across time and geography, transport has been the base on which growth and innovation sit. The 18-century expansion of the US railways system fed the passion for expanding boundaries around the globe. Companies were been able to risk traveling further into the jungle by getting insurance. In this century, we are hit with the realization that expansion must eventually come to an end. We begin to feel the limits of our resources and geography especially in the face of massive population growth, changing demographics which imply changing needs (which are in effect harder to meet) and environmental concerns such as global warming. The global transport system has been evolving fast…