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Transportation. By: Cissy Suguitan. T ransport available in 1900’s and 1920’s. Horses Paddle streamers Boats Ships Taxi Wagon. History of roads. Roads that had been designed for horse transport began to deteriorate under increasing loads of traffic.
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Transportation By: Cissy Suguitan
Transport available in 1900’s and 1920’s • Horses • Paddle streamers • Boats • Ships • Taxi Wagon
History of roads • Roads that had been designed for horse transport began to deteriorate under increasing loads of traffic. • In 1906 local governments supplied 96% of the road funding. Roads had to be redesigned and rebuilt to accommodate automobiles. • New road rules had to be introduced • New road signs • New methods of controlling traffic
1920’s technical advances on automobiles • Cars saw many technical advances that improved the functions of the automobile. • First had mechanical brakes on all four wheels • Safety glass that did not shatter when broken was introduced in these vintage cars and helped prevent serious injury from even minor accidents.
Automobiles before • Less reliable when it came down to traveling long distances • In some ways, it was more safe. • Glass • Thin tires [pros and cons] Compared to today • Modern Automobiles today are reliable to drive love distances. • hybrid-economical automobiles
Work cited • http://www.anythingaboutcars.com/historyofcars.html • http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aacarselectrica.htm • http://www.ausbcomp.com/~bbott/cars/carhist.htm