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A SHORT HISTORY OF TRANSPORT

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Once upon a time, humans walked.
This was considered acceptable.
Then someone ran, someone else added wheels, another person strapped an engine to it, and before anyone could ask whether this was a good idea, we had invented traffic, timetables, delays, congestion, missed connections, and the unshakable belief that everyone else is doing transport wrong.

A Short History of Transport is a relentlessly funny, sharply observed journey through humanity’s long and noble quest to get from A to B without losing its temper — a quest we are very clearly failing.

From feet (slow, honest, and unfairly blamed) to animals (who were never consulted), wheels (which demanded the planet be flattened), ships (which trusted the sea far too much), trains (straight lines, crooked logic), cars (freedom, congestion, and the horn), aviation (queues with wings), and the future (which definitely won’t go wrong this time), this book explains how every transport “solution” immediately became a new problem with signage.

It is a loving, exasperated explanation of why transport makes us angry, why it always has, and why shouting at a roundabout has never once improved civilisation.
Inside you’ll find:
  • Walking, before time developed opinions
  • How animals were promoted into full‑time employment without HR
  • Wheels, which solved dragging
  • Roads, bravely attempting to flatten nature
  • Boats and ships, and the sea’s firm refusal to cooperate
  • Trains, timetables, and optimism printed in ink
  • Cars, buses, lorries, horns, and the realisation that other people exist
  • Airports: announcements, queues, and the performance of control
  • The future of transport, confidently wrong in exciting new ways
  • How We Invented a Thousand Ways to Get Somewhere Faster and Still Managed to Be Late
Perfect for readers who enjoy:
  • Popular history with personality
  • Clever satire without shouting
  • Laughing at systems while trapped inside them
  • Wondering why that person is allowed a driving licence

Warning: May cause snorting, nodding, and the sudden urge to mutter “of course” at a timetable.
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