My biggest gripe about transportation or travel is that it’s either too slow, too fast, too high, or too low. Travel by road can be boring and lacking in views, travel by airplane can be too high or unable to stop when and wherever you want.
What I ultimately want is to be able to fly at any time, to any location, at a decent speed, but also slow and low enough to understand and enjoy the views and geography, and to be able to stop anywhere I’d like.
How is this achievable? Probably most with some form of personal helicopter or ultra-light. I am particularly interested in Gryoplanes, also known as Gyrocopters. They are much simpler than helicopters, only needing forward momentum in order to hover, they can lift off and hover when going at 30 mph. The rotating blades will also keep rotating when power fails, letting the “plane” float back down to earth safely.
This is probably the ultimate transportation for enjoyable views of the world going just faster than a car, a top speed of 100mph or so, but also can fly as slow as 30mph. Great for flying low and slow.