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Bus lines were less expensive to build and operate than rails and trolleys. Therefore, extending service to rapidly growing suburbs could be accomplished quickly and inexpensively, since there was no need to construct additional rail lines (Slater). Slater also notes the development of the modern bus. Unlike the streetcar, which made no significant technical advances during the 1920s, the bus made substantial improvements in speed, handling, and comfort, which attracted new ridership (Slater). One of the biggest expenses for public transportation is operator labor, so vehicle speed is critical. Buses were 50% faster, meaning that the cost per passenger of the operator’s time was one-third less

It is hard to credit one single person for the invention of the automobile. There was over 100,000 people who created different versions of the automobile. The person who takes credit for the first is Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, a French military engineer who built the steam-powered tricycle for hauling artillery in 1769. Tricycle means it only had three wheels. The single front wheel performed both wheel functions and steering. It could drive at a speed of 2.25 miles per hour with four passengers within 15 minutes. Henry Ford is also given credit for the first automobile. Henry Ford invented the Model T the Model T changed the way people lived, worked, and traveled the way that Ford made this was through an assembly line. Also the assembly line made the Model T affordable to the majority of America. This way that the average working man could afford the car and not just a wealthy man. There was more the 15 Million Model Ts built in Michigan. The Model T was built from 1908 until 1927. This was made so that it is a affordable transportation for the common man. This became very popular for the very low price, durability, versatility, and easy to maintenance. The use of the assembly line saved the cost from in 1908 of $850 all the was to $300 in 1925. Even before it lost popularity to larger, or more powerful, and more comfortable cars, it was known as “Tin Lizzy” and “flivver.” These had became American folkloric symbol, Ford's goal was to democratize the automobile. The Model T was offered in several different body styles. One of the cars was a two seater runabout car. Another car was a five seater car. The last one was a seven seat town car. All of these bodies were put onto a 100 inch wheelbase chassis. It was usually available to have a color of your choice but from 1913 through 1925 the only color they had manufactured was black. The fuel tank also held ten gallons. If the Model T was driven fast it would be less comfortable because of it rattling. People don't usually get in a car and think wow i wonder how this car was made. They will just go throughout the motion that they always do and think nothing about it. The only time you ever take a look and think about how it was made is when something bad happens.

If you love muscle cars, you've surely seen the iconic scene in Bullitt when Steve McQueen in a 1968 Ford Mustang GT 390 CID Fastback chases two hitmen riding a 1968 Dodge Charger R/T 440 Magnum. The chase incorporated how the muscle car experience is--fast, wild, and dirty.

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“Built Ford Tough,” the current truck slogan of the Ford F-Series demonstrates the quality of the truck and durability. Ford vehicles have been around for many years with the Ford F-Series coming later. Generations of families have owned Ford cars and trucks for years. By understanding the history and improvements of the ford F-Series over the years, people will realize the quality of these vehicles.

As he grew older, Henry Ford became a chief engineer at Edison’s and there Henry was able to work on a Petrol drive Quadricycle. With some work Henry was able to modify the Quadricycle and he created the base for a small car, soon to be the inspiration for the Model T which was introduced

In 1949 the inventor John Frolich came up with the first tractor with an internal combustion engine. It ran on petroleum and trudged along at a slow three miles an hour. Later on in the year during threshing season they used it to thrash wheat. It used only 26 gallons of gas to thrash more than a 1000 bushels of wheat that day.

Prior to the 1907 the auto industry was booming, and the creativity seemed endless with innovative ideas being created each day. In addition, technology and expectations continued to rise as more cars and fuel options were explored. Throughout Henry Ford’s life he had created a number of cars. Some that were mentioned throughout this book included the Model A, B, C, and N. Ford also began discussing the idea for fuel besides gasoline with a mixture of ethanol and gasoline. However, for political reasons the mixture of ethanol and gasoline was quickly discredited. In addition, both Ford and Carver were aware that gasoline could not be there only source of fuel as sooner or later it would run out which is why they had both came to the conclusion

The National Steel Car company is based in Canada in Ontario and it happens to be the leading railroad freight cars company in North America. The company has been respected for its respected value in the market and has always been committed to success. National Steel Company is 9001:2008ISO certified, and it is the only freight car in the region to have been awarded the certification. It was established in the year 1912 and took the right turn when it was purchased by Gregory James Aziz who has made the company improve capacity since the purchase date in the year 2005. Greg Aziz happens to be the president, chairman, and the company’s CEO and has dedicated his time and resources to the company success. His only commitment is making the company

Not everyone was impressed, though. W. Worby Beaumont wrote in his massive Motor Vehicles and Motors: 'This is without doubt a higher speed than any other human being has ever travelled on roads, but it was only for about three-quarters of a mile that it was maintained. This vehicle was of no use in any way as a guide for any other class of

In 3500 BC a wooden cylinder was connected to a stable; this contraption is called a wheel. This made it easier to haul farming equipment from one field to another. Only men used the invention because women were never out in the field (Revolutionary). The only form of transportation until the year of 1769 was train, horse and carriage, then, the first car was invented. “Nicolas Joseph Cugnot was a French military engineer and built the car for hauling auxiliary” (II history). The maximum speed of the 8,000 pound car was two miles per hour, carried four passengers and ran out of gas in about fifteen minutes (history staff). This car was very expensive, the few men that owned them were the only people to drive them. Women were thought to have

This a rare American classic bus made by Crown Coach Corporation. it's a Supercoach School Bus built in 1986 still in excellent condition. This the icon due it has long-lived production buses since 1948 the end in 1991 almost never change his styles and shape. Thanks to a new emission regulation the State of California the bus must go far away from its homeland or change its function.

The invention and use of the internal combustion engine was a pivotal point in the history of the automobile. The first attempt at an internal combustion engine was in 1673 by Christian Huygens, using gunpowder as the fuel source, though it was basically worthless as you had to open the engine up and put new gunpowder in it after every single stroke ("The Fuel & Engine"). This lack of a fuel for internal combustion engines sidelined its development for a couple hundred years. In 1860 Jean Joseph Etienne Lenoir built the first effective internal combustion engine using natural gas (Bottorff). The ignition of the gas would create a vacuum and the resulting pressure difference between the vacuum and the atmosphere would drive the power stroke (Bottorff). This gas-atmospheric engine, as it is known, was an effective system capable generating 20hp, still it was imperfect. It was further improved with the development

In developing the Explorer, Ford's engineers were constrained from the start by previous decisions that locked the SUV onto a narrow truck frame and into a front-end suspension that was designed in the 1960s. As early as 1987, a Ford memo warned that "light-truck rollovers are 2 to 4 times the car rate" and urged Explorer developers to consider "any design action that improves vehicle stability or helps maintain the passenger safety in the vehicle." Ford maintains it did exactly this. The Explorer's platform dated back to the late 1970s, when Ford created a new line of light trucks that came to include the Ranger pickup and the now infamous Bronco II. Both vehicles used a unique "Twin I-Beam" suspension that raised their center of gravity by placing crisscrossing beams atop one another between the front tires.

Born on November 24, 1823 in Francestown, New Hampshire Sylvester Howard Roper paved the way for the motorcycle industries. Growing up in a family of 6, it was unexpected that Roper should find himself becoming an inventor. As an adolescent Roper demonstrated his ingenuity when he made a stationary steam engine. More surprisingly because Roper had yet to see one for himself in person. As of today’s date the invention is still kept on display at Francestown Academy.