Chronology of Transportation Technology
| -3500 | Wheeled carts are invented. |
| -3500 | River boats are invented. |
| -2000 | Horses are tamed and used for transport. |
| 770 | Iron horseshoes come into common use. |
| 1492 | Leonardo da Vinci describes a flying machine. |
| 1662 | Blaise Pascal invents a horse-drawn public bus which has a regular route, schedule, and fare system. |
| 1740 | Jacques de Vaucanson demonstrates his clockwork powered carriage. |
| 1783 | Joseph Montgolfier and \'Etienne Montgolfier launch the first hot air balloons. |
| 1801 | Richard Trevithick builds a prototype steam powered railroad locomotive. |
| 1807 | Isaac de Rivas makes a hydrogen gas powered vehicle. |
| 1814 | George Stephenson builds the first practical steam powered railroad locomotive. |
| 1862 | Jean Lenoir makes a gasoline-engine automobile. |
| 1868 | George Westinghouse invents the compressed air locomotive brake. |
| 1900 | Ferdinand von Zeppelin builds the first successful dirigible. |
| 1903 | Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright fly the first motor-driven airplane. |
| 1908 | Henry Ford develops the assembly line method of automobile manufacturing. |
| 1947 | First supersonic flight. |
| 1969 | First manned mission to the Moon. |
| 1981 | First flight of the space shuttle. |