Whether you’re picking up groceries or going to work, travelling is a necessary evil – especially for notoriously hardworking Gen Xers. But how do they prefer to travel? And is the journey always so bad? Canvas8 sat down with British men and women aged 35 to 49 to find out how they get around and how they feel about it.

An all-female taxi company in São Paulo has grown at a phenomenal rate since it launched in March 2017. With the fleet made up entirely of female drivers, Lady Driver has successfully tapped into the Brazilian desire for safety – which other transportation options in the city have failed to do.

Southeast Asia is home to some of the most gridlocked cities in the world, making traffic an accepted part of daily life. Go-Jek offers a way to minimise this disruption through on-demand motorcycle taxis that not only help people get around, but which bring a range of services to their doorstep.

For those who avoid cabs in case of chatty drivers, help is here in the form of a quiet mode for Uber. The mode has launched in the US, allowing people who prefer not to chat with their drivers to alert them to this via the app ahead of time, reducing frustration and awkwardness.