Travelling Times

This article explores aspects of travelling times. First, it is argued that there is something about contemporary times in which travelling assumes a greater significance within many people's lives, even at a time when more communication devices are readily ‘at-hand’. Also, it is shown that there are multiple kinds of time involved in the process of travel and not just the measured clock-time that people seek to minimize in getting from A to B. It is further shown that the problem for travellers and, indeed, for non travellers is coordinating multiple and inconsistent times through complex communications and scheduling tools. Thus travel time involves sets of activities that require examination since the time is not always wasted, dead or empty. These points are demonstrated with regard to walking, train travel and even car journeys.