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fixed wheels on carts are invented in 3500 BC, the first wheeled transportation in history.
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horses are domesticated for use in 2000 BC
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in 770, iron horseshoes improve transportation by horses
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blaise pascal invented the first public bus in 1662, it was horsedrawn, it had a regular route, a schedule, and a fare system
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Jacques de Vaucanson demonstrates his clockwork powered carriage
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the first self propelled road vehicle was invented by Nicolas Joseph Cugnot in 1769
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James Watt patented a steam engine that produced continuous rotative motion.
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in 1790 the first modern bicycle was created
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Richard Trevithick creates the first steam engine, it was meant for roads
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Isaac de Rivas makes a hydrogen gas powered vehicle - first with internal combustion power - however, very unsuccessful design
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George Stephenson invents the first practical steam powered railroad locomotive
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Jean Lenoir makes a gasoline engine automobile
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the first motorcycle is invented in 1867
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George Westinghouse invents the compressed air locomotive brake - enabled trains to be stopped with fail-safe accuracy
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the first cable car is invented
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Karl Benz builds the world's first practical automobile to be powered by an internal combustion engine
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A speeding car in New Jersey killed a work horse towing a landscaper and a helper on a lawn mower. The landscaper was seriously hurt and his aide was killed. The
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Henry Ford improves the assembly line for automobile manufacturing
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Bullet train transportation was invented
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the wheelbarrow is invented between 181 and 234