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
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.
