history of transportation By vak2667 3500 BCE Wheeled Carts are invented 2000 BCE Horses are trained to pull carts 1492 Leonardo da Vinci designs a flying machine 1620 First horse drawn bus service 1663 First turnpike roads open. They are privately owned and maintained roads that travelers have to pay to use 1761 First canal opens - The Bridgwater Canal 1769 First self-propelled road vehicle invented by Nicolas Joseph Cugnot 1783 First hot air balloons and first practical steam paddle boat 1801 First steam powered locomotive (designed for roads by Richard Trevithick) 1807 First passenger tram - with open carriages but smoother ride than bumpy road horse bus 1814 George Stephenson invents the first practical steam powered railroad locomotive 1815 Steamships begin to cross the English Channel 1825 First passenger railway opens 1829 Horse drawn omnibuses introduced in London 1881 First electric tram (in Germany) 1885 Karl Benz builds the world's first practical automobile to be powered by an internal combustion engine 1885 Steam powered tram introduced - noisy and dirty 1889 Pneumatic rubber tyres invented 1899 Ferdinand von Zeppelin invents the first successful airship - the Zeppelin 1900 Electric trams begin to run in towns 1903 The Wright Brothers invent and fly the first engined airplane 1919 Planes begin carrying passengers between London and Paris 1930 In most towns electric trams are replaced by buses
