Thoughts From An Overpass (And Often Passed Over)

This is the 21st century. Where's my flying car? We're living in a future that once seemed distant, yet our dreams continue on in a future distant still. From a technological standpoint, personal transportation remains cumbersome: our cars still have wheels.

But you've got to wonder. Setting fire to a combustible liquid to turn wheels, strapping a carriage on top, and riding such a contraption across a curved concrete platform several stories up in the air... Will we ever find the technology of the day novel? Or will the days of flying cars leave people lamenting the absence of the teleporter?