Instead of traveling westward alone, groups joined together and traveled in trains.

The correct answer is Wagon

That is because the journey was so severe and it was such an endurance test that not going alone seemed like a good idea. So, the option they had, and usually would take instead of going alone, was to join wagons trains to travel about 12 to 15 miles per day.

if you are talking about current time the answer is no

if you are talking about when the colonies were developing the answer is yes