In India, when my parents were in school they used to ride their bicycle to school and back from school. Now every single person, even before they reach the age, will know how to ride a petrol two wheeler. The streets of India are flooded with youth that barely know how to ride a motorised vehicle and this makes the streets very prone to accidents.

Trains are a way of getting far distances in india. If you want to travel to far places, an easy way to do that would be to take a train. Not everyone does this though. The people who have less money prefer to take the train. The train doesn’t have a lot of space so the trains will have people above it as well. I don’t know whether this is legal but people do it anyway.

Many people, such as my parents, walked and cycled to school, only occasionally taking a car to anywhere within a 5km radius. This meant that there was rarely any traffic around homes and schools, making it safer for students to independently travel and helping these simple methods of transportation perform more efficiently. 

Anywhere beyond this distance though, meant taking the family vehicle, calling a taxi or using the railway. A statement given by my parents was - “For anywhere far away, we used the car. And we used it very often.” This is because, for many people in Malaysia, their jobs are quite a distance from their homes, meaning that most families took the family vehicle and dropped people off at their corresponding location. This meant that highway traffic was a common occurrence, with people-packed cars in tight lines and motorbikes zipping in between them. For many individuals, this could set them back by ½ hour or even more!

This is why the railway popularity started to boom. There were many railways lanes created as well as different trains, such as LRT, DRT and MRT, which differentiated in speed, length and distance travelled. From personal experience, these are usually well regulated, and rarely is the train late or delayed. 

Taxis also play an important role in independent travel. If you’re a university student or intern, the taxi is the most common mode of transportation, seeing as it’s easy to access, quicker due to taxi lanes in the motorway and cheap. Malaysia has around 200,000 different taxis, of which a quarter work 24/7. 

But because of the popularity of all these “public transportation” systems, the impact on the country’s independent vehicle economy is not so great. Malaysian currency (ringgit) is 0.34 NZ dollars, and because all these methods of transportation are so cheap, it degrades the total income earned and gathered by residents, workers and the government. 

The only profitable transportation business in Malaysia is the tourism industry, where trishaws and small "cruise" boats will take you all around the streets and markets.

That being said, though it has negative consequences, Malaysia has one of the most reliable and inexpensive transportation industries in the world. So, heedless of money and financial impact, I’d say Malaysian transportation is pretty solid. 

Samoa Transportation is full of creativity and at the same time sometimes dangerous,  the busses there work differently, In New Zealand, We have busses with comfortable seats, air coolers, and strong windows, but in Samoa, we have wooden chairs, no windows because the wind is the air cooler, in Samoa, there will sometimes be a man with a tray of Bongos, Lays and cold drinks, selling it to the passengers throw the windows of the busses, there is also LOUD MUSIC, and it is cool and fun, everyone is having a good time, loudspeaker and strong basses in the back. In Samoa there wouldn’t be bus stops that go from there the here, and here to there, you will have to look for the bus with your village name on there, and the bus will take to your village or take you to Apia, and Savai’i, you see this is the transport of Samoa, “Tofa Soifua”

(Good bye)

Auto-Rickshaw, The Auto-Rickshaw is like the Normal Rickshaw but it’s a bit more comfortable, and this time the person who was riding, it’s easier for him because he doesn’t need to carry the weight of 2-3 people and it’s like a bike and it’s automatic. The E-Rickshaw, it’s the same as Auto-Rickshaw but more people can Fit into it and it’s good for the environment. Bikes, bikes are the most common mode of transportation in India. People use Scooty, Normal bikes to travel and most of them are youngsters who ride the bikes without wearing the helmet, most of them ride bikes without the license because they are underage. Cars, Cars are the most expensive way to transportation in India and not everyone can afford a brand new Luxurious Car and instead of that many people buy a Second-hand car and modify it to make it like or better than the latest and the top model.

India is at 60th place on the table of countries with the most accidents reported. The reason behind it is that people don’t pay attention while driving they always do other things while driving like watching something on phone, fixing something, singing, dancing, sleeping, etc. Teenagers who don’t have their license driving cars and riding bikes is the biggest reason behind the accidents because they don’t know how to drive a car or ride a bike, that’s why they are not legally allowed to drive. The Police take bribes instead of arresting them and filing charges against them. The teenagers just say one thing “Kuch Le De Ke Set Kar Lete Hain.” which means Let’s set everything by giving and taking something, and that something means money. 

 My dad grew up in the wonderful islands of Fiji . Growing up was a bit difficult for him at that time because he had no transportation to travel to school or other places and my grandparents could nor afford a car at the time. There are public buses in Fiji and Taxis that charge much less than ubers and taxis in New Zealand or even other countries but some people just consider walking.

Fiji is a pretty unstable country with unfinished roads and alot of vandalism in public places and transport . But travelling with Fijian’s is such a vibe , there are movies in the bus , music and you may often see people casually dancing in the bus. I’ve never been in a taxi but apparently Fijian taxi drivers don’t have a fixed price . Depending on how long they have driven for, they can either drive really fast or drive slow and still earn higher money.

To travel in buses they have to look for a station where they want to go and they wait for the bus till it arrives , while at a big bus station in the markets you can explore/roam around there for goods such as food , drinks or even clothing and other accessories. For your bus travel you can either pay with money or a special bus card you can use (basically a hop card) there's nothing much but that is all the knowledge i have about my homelands transportation.

 

My parents had to travel to school by car or scooter. My dad used to go to school with his uncle’s motor scooter and my mom used to go to school using a car. My grandparents' childhood was through the liberation war which lasted for a year. But after that, they used to walk to school. My grandpa from my mom’s side used to walk to school. His elementary school was the same elementary school of Nobel peace prize winner Professor Younus. They knew each other but Professor Younus was older than my grandpa. They are not the best friends but they are friends. In Bangladesh if you are playing outside or walking to school everything is very dangerous, sometimes they offer drugs, and sometimes they kidnap. While Bangladesh is currently a 3rd world country I believe Bangladesh has an optimistic future for their transport.

 

I came to New Zealand on Malaysian Airlines. But the first flight I took was from Chittagong to Dhaka on Biman Airways. I stayed there a day before coming to Malaysia. The flight was around 8 hours but surprisingly I fell asleep. I have never before fallen asleep on a plane. In Malaysia, we went to my dad’s friend's house where we stayed one night and 2 days. In the Kuala Lumpur International airport, we had too much luggage so we had to pay a 3000$ fine. From there we came to New Zealand on Malaysian Airlines which took 10 hours. When we arrived I felt a sense of disbelief and I was asking myself “ Am I actually in New Zealand?” . When I looked around I thought “Yes I am”.

Indians' transportation has some benefits to it. It is proven that transportation is dangerous. But it can conveniently be very cheap to travel 1.5km in a rickshaw. It costs 25 rupees which is 50c in NZD and adding 10 rupees every 1km which is only 20c. Even train rides only cost $6. It's pretty obvious how bad and unsafe the transportation is there but it being so cheap is still a very big benefit there is a lot of room for advancement and I hope to see it in the future

Transportation from Afghanistan to another country isn’t always easy as you would have already seen. As you may have assumed my parents were immigrants, my father came to New Zealand in a boat as one of the  tampa boys. The tampa boys arrived in september 2011, after a long journey they arrived to australia but the president  of the time haad rejected  them so instead they came to New Zealand. Helen Clark was a really welcoming president and accepted the tampa boys in to new zealand. Recently in afghanistan times have been really rough with the taliban, people who were very desperate and had never seen a plane before, they had just clung onto the wings of the plane while the plane itself took of all those who had held onto the outsides of the plane  have fallen of and probably died, this was a very unfortunate event for afghanistan as many were desperate to find  a new home. Transport isn’t always easy, especially at hard times In afghanistan.

Kidding, 

I’ve never been on the streets of India myself sadly, or not that I can remember. I was quite young. But from what my parents actually told me, where they lived; It's common for people to fit multiple people in cars when they shouldn't be . Sort of like carpooling but illegally. They’d fit 6 people in a four seater and it was normal!

Although lots of people did also own motorcycles, you could overtake, it’s generally faster and you look cool as heck with one. Despite how badass it looks, accidents are more prone to happen with a motorcycle. 
So mostly it was just cars and taxis. 

A bit of what they did say was true though. Train usage is very common so people will often take trains and walk to places. They’re quite common in some parts of India. 

But I’m going to mainly focus on Mumbai. 

Around half of people in Mumbai use public modes of transport, like trains and buses. 

And that’s a lot considering the population, so with these huge numbers of people it’s not uncommon to find extremely packed trains. On busy days the trains will be so packed, to the point people will climb ON TOP of the trains, shocking right? 
It’s quite dangerous not just getting onto the train but what awaits you inside isn’t too appealing.

There are pick-pocketers, crying kids, from what it looks like it’d smell like a person died in there..

Most people view India as a dirty and unclean place, and I won't lie to you, it is. But in spite of it, it’s rich in culture and such a unique way of life, even if it’s dirty.

So there are many many flaws with train transport despite it being the most public. But don’t let that discourage you from travelling there. 

In my opinion… traveling within Mumbai, it has its ups and downs. Not good, not bad. I’d say take a taxi for short term travelling, for long term driving is just fine.

on a side note, it's almost one in the morning i'm so tired :^) 

Most people walked to school or bike even if they were out of zone. This was because there was only one car per household as it was common for women not to drive. The buses were also not as regular as it is today and the busses did not as many places. As kids, both of my parents walked to primary school, but as they got older they started to bike. These were only short distances (2-3ks) because then most of the kids just went to the in-zone school.

The cars were quite expensive to buy compared to what people earned.  In 1970 the average wage was $7500 and the cost of a car was approximately $3800 by the 1980s the average wage was $12,500 and it would cost you $7000 for a car. These days cars are around the same price but there are a lot more models and they are more expensive to run.

Auckland transport has evolved, with more buses on the roads and more places they go. Although Auckland’s love of the car has not changed and we now have a major issue with to many cars and people and not the roading system to support these vehicles.  People in Auckland need to change how they travel, we need to get onto buses more and even trains, although the train system does need to be more reliable for people to use it more. 

Trains are the cheapest way to transport in India, trains cover distance in less time and the trains don’t use much fuel which makes it a cheaper way to travel around in India.

Some time ago many people didn’t have cars, so they used to walk or cycle to places. For example, my parents used to walk or cycle to school and go back home the same way, but the schools were close to houses. And when kids used to go to school from village to city, the schools had school buses. Many people got cars after they became popular in India. Motorcycles and scooters also became a trend in India and many people use them to travel around small distances.

The most popular transport vehicle used in India are busses, many people prefer to travel in busses because it is an easy and not so expensive way of transportation. In big cities cars are the most used transportation vehicle and even in villages now mostly everyone has a car. The cheapest and fastest way to transport from one place to another in India is railway transport by trains, but most people in India only use trains when they are traveling to another city or state.

Hong Kong has many forms of public transport and not many people drive cars as the public transport is extremely affordable and convenient for both locals and people travelling there.

1950s to 1970 

Fiji had a new thing added called bikes(cycles) the bicycle was a big thing because you could take a 5 minute walk and if you took a bicycle it will only take about 1 to 2 minutes to reach your destination, this was a big thing for fiji because the only transportation was a bus or if you were rich a car.

1970s to 1990s

20 years passed and cars were more common and more affordable. The whole island became full of cars. People still use buses to get around and walk but people are using the car as a advantage in their cars driving to places that they could have walked to. 

1990s to 2020 

Everything in Fiji has changed from the 1990s to 2020. Every second on the road a car will past that how common cars are, and they introduced a new type of transportation that was on the ocean people were happy to see this transportation because there was a new type transport and because they could explore the sea.