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181-234
181-234-The wheelbarrow is invented. -
Mar 15, 770
770
770-Iron horseshoes improve transportation by horse -
1662
1662-Blaise Pascal invents the first public bus - horse-drawn, regular route, schedule, and fare system -
1740
1740-Jacques de Vaucanson demonstrates his clockwork powered carriage -
1769
1769-First self-propelled road vehicle invented by Nicolas Joseph Cugnot -
1790
1790-Modern bicycles invented -
1801
1801-Richard Trevithick invented the first steam powered locomotive (designed for roads) -
1807
1807-Isaac de Rivas makes a hydrogen gas powered vehicle - first with internal combustion power - however, very unsuccessful design -
1807
1807-First steamboat with regular passenger service - inventor Robert Fulton's Clermont -
1814
1814-George Stephenson invents the first practical steam powered railroad locomotive -
1862
1862-Jean Lenoir makes a gasoline engine automobile -
1867
1867-First motorcycle invented -
1868
1868-George Westinghouse invents the compressed air locomotive brake - enabled trains to be stopped with fail-safe accuracy -
1871
1871-First cable car invented -
1885
1885-Karl Benz builds the world's first practical automobile to be powered by an internal combustion engine -
1899
1899-Ferdinand von Zeppelin invents the first successful dirigible - the Zeppelin -
1908
1908-Henry Ford improves the assembly line for automobile manufacturing -
1964
1964-Bullet train transportation invented -
3500 B.C.
3500 BC-Fixed wheels on carts are invented - the first wheeled vehicles in history, other early wheeled vehicles include the chariot. -
2000 BC
2000 BC-Horses are domesticated and used for transportation.