1. DEVELOPMENTS IN TRANSPORT
GOOD NEWS and BAD NEWS
Unit 7

2. BRAINSTORM WITH A PARTNER
No place in the world is more than 24 hours
away.
What happened to make places easier to get
to?
Improvements in transport and transport
networks.
What are some examples?

3. What makes a place easier to get to?
• What is the fastest train
in Europe?
• TGV in France. How fast?
• 320 km/hr - faster than
any other train in
Europe.
• How fast are other
European trains?
• High-speed trains go 300
km/hr.

4. What makes a place easier to get to?
 Where is the world´s
longest rail tunnel?
 The Seikan Tunnel in
Japan.
 How long is it?
 54 kilometers. It is the
longest and deepest
tunnel.

5. What makes a place easier to get to?
• Which plane could
cross the Atlantic (New
York to Paris) in 2
hours 55 minutes?
• The Concorde
• How fast did it travel?
• 2 333 km/hr
• What happened?

6. What makes a place easier to get to?
Channel Tunnels
A tunnel from England to France A tunnel from Spain to Africa?

7. Accessibility depends on 4 things:
2. The actual cost 1. The distance
4. Number of routes and links
3. Faster travel time

8. BRAINSTORM WITH A PARTNER
5 problems of better
5 benefits of better transport transport
• 1. Less time travelling • 1. Traffic jams
• 2. Cheaper travel • 2. Car parks are full
• 3. More choices for where • 3. Trains or planes are
to travel crowded
• 4. More markets for • 4. Damage to the
industry environment
• 5. Increased trade • 5. Pollution – air, water,
land, and noise

9. Explain the type of pollution:
air, water, land, or noise

10. SUMMARY
• Developments in transport happen all the
time.
• IMPROVED ACCESSIBILITY is an advantage.
• ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (air, water,
land, and noise) is a disadvantage.
• We must protect the environment from
damaging transport developments.