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How far do you live from school? Do you get a ride to school from a friend or family member? Or do you ride a school bus? What about the grocery store where you buy your food? Is it just around the corner or several miles away? How about the fields where you practice soccer? Or the library? Think about the places you go to throughout a typical week. Are all of these within walking distance? Or are you like most kids today who spend a significant amount of time traveling in a car to go the places you need to go? Try to imagine living your life without an automobile. How would your daily and weekly routines have to change if you had to walk everywhere or ride a horse or a bicycle? It's hard to imagine, isn't it? That's what life was like for most people around the turn of the 20th century. Before automobiles, people didn't travel nearly as much as they do today. People tended to travel only for special occasions and, even then, only relatively-short distances.
