history of land transportation

By Shieesha Robinson
  • Jan 13, 1492

    one of the first serious theories about flying

  • Period: Jan 13, 1492 to

    tansportancetion

  • human oared submersible

  • invents the first public bus

  • first clockwork powered carriage

  • First self-propelled road vehicle

  • first hot air balloons invented

  • invents the first practical steam powered railroad locomotive

  • invents the first practical steam powered railroad locomotive

  • invents the first practical steam powered railroad locomotive

  • Jean Lenoir makes a gasoline engine automobile

  • First motorcycle invented

  • trains to be stopped

  • invent and fly the first engined airplane

  • Very first helicopter - unsuccessful design

  • Henry Ford improves the assembly line for automobile manufacturing

  • drinking and driving became againest the law

  • united states produces 1,000,000 auto each year

  • First liquid propelled rocket launched

  • Modern helicopters invented

  • First supersonic jet flight

  • congress passed the clean air act

  • Modern bicycles invented

  • Juan Montoya won the 84th Indianapolis 500, becoming the first rookie champion since Graham Hill in 1966.

  • Italian engineers launched a 3-month, 8,000-mile test drive of a robotic vehicle from Parma to China.

  • Toyota said it is recalling 1.53 million Lexus, Avalon and other models,

  • Cuba announced it will allow unrestricted car imports for the first time in half a century

  • delivered its first eight electric sedans to customers in China