A space odyssey.

The new means of transport was reliable and always available on request. 

To get there from here required little action, it was more akin to making a wish.

The rapid transit services were the norm, reliable, superbly comfortable and affordable. 

A luxury trip was much more expensive and covered ten times the amount of time. How else could one be offered free manicures, facials and nutrition consultations, if there were no time to enjoy even one of them?