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From rickshaws and horse-drawn carriages to the modern automobile and high-speed trains: The history of transport is usually told as a linear story of progress. Faster and faster, more and more comfortable. Yet much of modern life still takes place at walking speed, and most of our journeys are made on foot. Historian Dr Kate McDonald examines the history of human mobility using Japan as an example – from the perspective of transport workers, rickshaw drivers and parcel delivery men. Are machines really making our society better?