, comfortable transportation in the summer and heating keeps passengers warm in the winter. With these conveniences, traveling in the severe winter weather is made possible. Travel speed in the 1800's also needed improvement. Even though horses are strong animals, they cannot match the power of today’s gasoline engines. One day a week was set aside for the trip into town to gather goods. This was because of the large amount of time it took to travel into town. Horses are living animals, so they must be fed and hydrated on long trips. For a family to move across the country, it took several months.Today, travel speed is much faster. People can travel to the nearest town in a matter of minutes. The highly developed gasoline engines in the vehicles allow for much faster traveling speeds. The only stop that is a must for today’s transportation is to fill up on fuel. A person can travel from one end of the country to the other in a few days, rather than a few months.Transportation has greatly improved since the 1800's. Traveling today is much more safe, comfortable and less time consuming. Today, when people get into their vehicles they do not have to worry about wheels falling off, getting too hot or cold, or driving forever to reach their destination....
