A Short History of Transportation

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Changes in transportation have come from many different countries. These are some important dates：

1804? ?The steam locomotive （機車） was invented in England.

1863? ?Londons first subway opened.

1881? ?Electric streetcars （有軌電車） appeared in Berlin.

1885? ?The car was invented.

1908? ?Henry Fords famous car， the “Model T”， took to the road in the United States.

1919? ?Daily airplane flights began on three routes in Europe.

1964? ?Japanese high-speed passenger trains began operation （運行） between Tokyo and Osaka.

The United States has more railroad tracks（鐵路軌道） than any other country in the world， but most people do not travel by train. Ninety percent of American homes have at least one car， and eighty-eight percent of US workers drive to the office.