Turnpike roads are constructed

1730's

Cugnot invented a steam propelled vehicle

1769

Murdock developed a road steam vehicle

1786

Trevithick's passenger steam vehicle

1801

Macadam developed a new type of road construction

1810

First horse-drawn bus system operated

1812

Telford's London to Holyhead road constructed

1815

Lenoir's gas engine used in road vehicles

1860

Véloe's péde bicycle introduced

1861

Penny farthing bicycles introduced

1870

Otto's four stroke engine developed

1876

Benz's petrol-driven motorwagen developed

1885

Rubber tyres used on bicycles

1890

Michelin Brothers used air-filled tyres on cars

1895

Motorised omnibuses used in Britain

1898

Gear boxes used in Benz's cars

1899

Model T Ford started production

1908