Velocipede is a term that describes human powered land vehicle with two or more wheels that has managed to become a synonym for the word bicycle in the early history of those travel devices. However, even though the word “velocipede” was most famously used to describe balanced bicycle designs […]
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Although steam-powered road vehicles were produced earlier, the origins of the automotive industry are rooted in the development of the gasoline engine in the 1860s and ’70s, principally in France and Germany. By the beginning of the 20th century, German and French manufacturers had been joined by British, Italian, and […]
Posted on April 28, 2016. Transportation has changed drastically in the past several hundred years and here in the United States we’ve experienced a variety of ways to get from point A to point B. 200 years ago, the most practical way to travel was through our nation’s waterways which […]
Public transportation transforms communities and the lives of the people living in them by spurring economic development, promoting sustainable lifestyles and providing a higher quality of life. Every segment of American society—-individuals, families, communities, and businesses—benefits from public transportation. Public Transportation Consists of a Variety of Modes Buses Light rail […]
Bicycle predecessors Historians disagree about the invention of the bicycle, and many dates are challenged. It is most likely that no individual qualifies as the inventor and that the bicycle evolved through the efforts of many. Although Leonardo da Vinci was credited with having sketched a bicycle in 1492 in […]