8 things travelers should expect in 2008

Christopher Elliott

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Travelers rate a interruption in ’08. Too bad they won’t acquire one.

No sensible traveler, traveling expert, or wannabe-traveler can expression at the wearisome events of 2007 (which I covered in an ) and say, “No worries, 2008 will be great.” It’s impossible.

Last twelvemonth travellers were hit with bad news on almost all fronts: Gridlock on the ground, in the skies, high combustible and lodging terms and a seemingly eternal series of irritating surcharges.advertisement

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Gridlock on the ground: the sequelIn 2007, metropolises competed for crow rights to the . In 2008, the authorities is finally going to make something about it, if Transportation System Secretary Virgin Mary Peters is to be believed. The Secretary in December announced that her federal agency desires to develop engineering “.” With more than than 250 million vehicles on U.S. roadstead â€" A figure that have grown by about 2 percentage a twelvemonth over the last decennary â€" it’s about time. If I may, I have got a solution: It’s called a train. They utilize them in Europe, and they look to work pretty well. What’s that, Americans wouldn’t base for it? Well, then how make they like standing in traffic? Because they’re going to be doing a batch more of that if they can’t interruption their unhealthy auto habits.

How to acquire around it: Try mass transit.1 |
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