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