Speaking of futuristic modes of transit, here’s a brief video of the hovercraft known as the Aérotrain, which was developed in the 1960s and 1970s by French engineer Jean Bertin. From the Illiana Garden Rail Society: “Though novel for its time the Aérotrain never evolved into a regular rail service and its development ended in the late 1970′s. In France the tracks and infrastructure of the Aérotrain were torn down. At least two of the French test vehicles were destroyed by vandalism. In the United States the only prototype wasted away its useful life sitting idle outside of an Arizona aircraft museum.”