[2] Although concerns over hypermobility apply to several modes of transport, the environmental impact of aviation and especially its greenhouse gas emissions have brought particular focus on flying.
[5] Although the amount of time people have spent in motion has remained constant since 1950, the shift from feet and bicycles to cars and planes has increased the speed of travel fivefold.
[8] Widespread Internet use is seen as a contributory factor towards hypermobility due to the increased ease which it enables travel to be desired and organized.
[9] On the other hand, the proliferation of online communication tools as an alternative to in-person meetings has been linked to a 25% decrease in business travel by UK residents from 2000 to 2010.
[See: Hepworth and Ducatel (1992);[12] Whitelegg (1993);[13] Lowe (1994);[14] van der Stoep (1995);[15] Shields (1996);[16] Cox (1997);[17] Adams (1999);[18] Khisty and Zeitler (2001);[19] Gössling et al. (2009);[1] Mander & Randles (2009);[20] and (Higham 2014).