Land Transportation

  • First Public Bus system

    First Public Bus system
    Blaise Pascal invents a horse-drawn public bus which has a regular route, schedule, and fare system
  • First Steam Car

    First Steam Car
    Ferdinand Verbiest may have built what may have been the first steam powered car
  • Steam Engine

    Steam Engine
    Steam engine 29 Oct 1769
    The steam engine is invented in Scotland.
  • Scotland invents the bicycle

    Scotland invents the bicycle
    Scotland invents the bicycle
    29 Oct 1791
    The bicycle is invented in Scotland.
  • Gas Powered Vehicle

    Gas Powered Vehicle
    Isaac de Rivas made a hydrogen gas -powered car vehicle
  • Rail Way

    Rail Way
    George Stephenson built the first practical steam-powered railway locomotive
  • Improved Railways

    Improved Railways
    George Westinghouse invented the compressed-air brake for railway trains.
  • Car Uses Gas?

    Car Uses Gas?
    The first car is run by gasoline in the United States.
  • Industrial Revolution

    Industrial Revolution
    With telegraphy, communication became instant and independent of transport. The invention of the steam engineand rail transport. The development of the steam ship, that sped up global transport. The first highways were constructed.
  • After World war l

    After World war l
    The first controllable airplane was invented, it became a fast way to transport people and express goods over long distances.
  • Henry Ford

    Henry Ford
    Henry Ford develops the assembly line method of automobile manufacturing
  • 20th century turn

    20th century turn
    The development of the combustion engine and the automobile. Road transport became more viable, allowing the introduction of mechanical private transport.
  • Maglev Train

    Maglev Train
    the first commercial high speed Maglev train starts operation between Shanghai and its