In regards to the towns: If the towns are truly abandoned, then no amount of infrastructure is going to make people go there and fix them. Why not just get rid of the towns instead? ......the Tracks: Minecart tracks are a cool idea: expensive as all hell, but cool. It's more of a luxury thing at best, but they shouldn't be the principle form of travel, ESPECIALLY if you're suggesting they be taxed. ......the Typing: It should be kept. It's quicker than anything and already used extensively: mandating signs is too limiting. People have a right to choose how they get to and from locations. If someone wants to go to all the trouble of making replicas for the effect of "travel" by any other means, more power to them. However, limiting players to hunt down a series of signs to get from one city to the next is a retrogressive move at best.