Plane Truth
The Concorde no longer flies. People once spoke of supersonic transport as being the future. And yet instead of us going from supersonic jets in the 60's to hypersonic in the 80's and finally ultrasonic in 2020 we see a world where we are losing our industrial base. There was a moon shot in 1969, but in 2009 we do not have a moon base or any lunar exploration program.
Dreams of travelling from Chicago to Tokyo in one hour are just that. In fact, you will be in line over one hour getting through secure airports. The plane truth is that we are falling apart.
Future Transportation is probably a bicycle like John Titor said. Few see how our society is falling, but look to the sky, it should be filled with flying cars.