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What faster, more pratical means of transportation than the airplane do you envision for the near future?

If you've taken a plane recently, you know how awful the experience can be. Long lineups, security check points, not to mention customs, and long hours in a confined space, etc. For instance, travelling from North America to Asia shouldn't take 10 hours. What other means of transportation do you envision for the near future? Would you prefer a faster mode of transportation, or a slower, more comfortable one?

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Americans always take the latest form of transportation, give it the best land and then abandon the previous mode.. The future will be some sort of computer-guided automobiles. Trans will be either monorail or mag-lev. Airlines have never made a profit. It's all government subsidies that keep them in business.
First of all, faster is not necessarily the most practical. For domestic travel, I envision trains that travel over 300 MPH. For overseas travel, a quiet, very fast mode of transport that entails the use of electromagnetism as the energy source.
Teleporters for the win! I can not wait for the day (not that it will likely happen in my life time) when you can get up Shit Shower and Shave, then stop on a pad to teleport to work any where on Earth, possibly the Moon or Mars... Okay fine, teleporters are not near futur tech. How about jet packs?
High-speed trains are already preferable to aircraft for distances under 1000 miles or so. They get you from door to door a lot faster than airplanes, all things considered. They are not used in the U.S., however.