The Future for Transportation

What will be next for everyday transportation? There have been so many recent advancements in technology that have caused vehicles to become much more fuel efficient, as well as environmentally friendly. From hybrid vehicles to increased options for public transportation, the advancements being made to protect our planet's future are immense.

It seems humorous to me, when one looks at people's past predictions of the future to see how everything really panned out. When the animated television series the Jetsons initially aired in 1962, it would seem hard for someone of that particular generation to fathom anything that was pictured in the show to actually happen. Although people cannot currently live in space and drive around in a flying car like the Jetsons did, our society has made tremendous advancements.

Keeping this in mind, I wonder where we will be forty-eight years from 2010. Will it be possible for people to just fly from one place to another in order to avoid everyday traffic jams?

Although this does not have to do with transportation, it occurred to me while I was writing this that we now have iChat and Skype where people can talk while viewing the other party on their computer screen like they depicted in the 60s sitcom, the Jetsons.