[MR] Future changes

[Cian Conor MacQuaid]

> May I suggest we look to our cousins in Drachenwald for ideas of how to
> handle expensive travel/kingdom events? The price of fuel has been
> horrendous in Europe for awhile now. Why re-invent the wheel when it may be
> right there in front of us?
> Not that I know much about this.
> Gerita

We used to travel a lot, and stay in crash space. Of course, when we 
lived there Drachenwald only went from the arctic circle to Northern 
Africa, instead of all the way to Capetown, as it does now.

I am sure there are people here with more recent experience than mine. 
This is what I have seen from the Drachenwald list describing travel 
arrangements. Events now seem to involve a lot of "pick-up" teams. There 
are routes given to/from the nearest airport, port, and/or train 
station. Often there are runs from the nearest public transport site to 
the event site. Sometimes these runs can be on the order of 1+ hours one 
way. Drachenwald's public transit system is much better developed than 
ours. I have taken the train to events in another country (Germany to 
Sweden & Finland), but don't think I would brave Amtrak. There is 
aggressive car pooling, to the point that I have heard stories of groups 
renting vans or larger transport.

All that said, people compare travel with their comfort level. We used 
to travel a lot, so a 12 hour trip to an event, or a flight, would be 
unusual but not unheard of. Living in the West, I heard complaints from 
people about having to travel 2 hours out of the Bay. "Too far" is a 
social construct (much like "too hard" but that is a different story).

Sir Cian, PCS