Blogger Roman takes inspiration from futuristic flicks as he peers into alternate realities. This future is full of safer and more advanced modes of transportation. Interested? Take a read, and find out more. –Alternate Realities Editor Hannah Hall

By Roman Rickwood

When you think of alternate realities, a common thought that comes to mind is virtual reality or sci-fi movies where life as we know it is unrecognizable. However, if we took certain aspects of life and advanced them even 50 years, much of how we live would change. For example, in most “alternate reality” movies, transportation is often the most advanced feature in the made-up world. However, what if we took the portrayal of transportation in these movies and implemented them into real life? 

Think of our society today; the large majority of our society owns or has easy access to a car, motorcycle, or some form of transportation. However, when we watch these sci-fi and alternate-reality movies, we see very efficient methods of transportation such as air tubes, aerial mass transport vehicles, as well as connecting walking tunnels. All of these things have the same goal–mass transportation in the quickest and most efficient way possible. Living in Southern California, we all know and understand the horror of traffic and congested roads. Seriously, how many times have you been late or even missed something because of the traffic or congested roads??! Now, we do have mass transport systems in place in our world today such as subways, buses, trains, and planes. Most people, specifically people in California, do not rely on these systems of transportation because they are all too often late and inefficient. The culture in most parts of the United States is that each household has access to a form of transportation. With all that being said, try and even imagine our society and how we transport ourselves with even half of the technology shown in movies. Imagine a world where traffic did not exist and where you could rely on mass transportation to be both quick, effective, and most importantly reliable. A few major societal changes that could occur would be decrease in emissions and gasses, decrease of people on the roads, which would inevitably lead to a decrease in traffic-related accidents. 

When you break down all these factors and see how many issues and accidents are caused by “outdated” modes of transportation, we see just how much an alternate reality of transportation would improve and help our world. We need a change, and we need it now.

Alternate Realities Editor: Hannah Hall