Aeroplanes became more popular in the sixties as new ‘package’ holidays made it cheaper for people to travel abroad.
Railways went through big changes too. Almost one third of railway lines in Britain were closed - thousands of stations were forced to close. This was bad news for places like the Borders and the Highlands - areas where people relied on a good train service.
The last tram ran in Glasgow in 1962. They had been hugely popular but as time went on they became expensive to run and lost a lot of customers to buses which were becoming a more popular way to travel.
But the biggest changes in transport were on the roads. Up until the sixties there was a small number of cars but by the end of the sixties nearly half of all families in Britain had at least one.
Multi-storey car parks were built to help ease the new problem of parking in town centres. Parking meters and yellow lines became common sights. By-passes were built around towns to try and avoid traffic jams. More motorways were built, which often meant people were moved out of their houses to provide the land!
Because there were more people on the roads, more people were killed and injured in road accidents. New laws were introduced to try to prevent accidents - in 1967 the 70mph speed limit and breathalyser tests were introduced.
The building of the Forth road bridge, 1962.
Two road bridges were opened in Scotland - in 1964 the Forth road bridge and in 1966 the Tay bridge. These both helped make Scotland easier to travel around by saving journey times. But not everyone was happy about paying a toll to cross them!
The last train journey on one Highland line.
Nancy talks about 'car culture' in rural areas.
