Timeline of transportation technology

This is a timeline of transportation technology and technological developments in the culture of transportation.Milestones in autonomous sustainable / public transport vehicles are also listed in this section.
A traditional Polynesian catamaran
Dionysus riding on a small galley-like craft in a painting from the Dionysus cup by Exekias , from c. 530 BC [ 1 ]
Horse collars and cart between 1350 and 1375
Reisszug , as it appeared in 2011
Late 19th century modes of transport, Japan.
First Zeppelin ascent, 1900
The first internal combustion omnibus of 1895 ( Siegen to Netphen )
Early 20th Century modes of road transport in Dublin, 1929
A 0 series Shinkansen high-speed rail set in Tokyo, May 1967
Concorde 001 first flight in 1969
Space shuttle launch
C5 enthusiasts gather at the Brooklands Museum
First fully low floor tram in Bremen
2024: A comprehensive global review of harms from personal car transport is published.
TransportArmored fighting vehicleBicycleHuman-poweredAnimal-poweredPersonal rapid transitPipeline transportPowered exoskeletonRapid transitSupersonicUncrewed vehicleVactrainVelomobileWalking9-Euro-TicketAccessibilityAccessibility levelAlternatives to car useBicycle transportationCyclabilityCycling infrastructureEngineeringGreen transport hierarchyHistoryOutlinePublicPersonalFree public transportTimetablePrivateSustainable transportTransport divideTransportation planningtimelinetransportationPolynesiancatamaranDionysusDionysus cupExekiasrafts used on riversDugout canoesox cartsDomestication of the horseAncient Near EastIndus Valley CivilisationAustronesianscatamaransoutriggersMediterraneangalleyschariotspoked wheelAncient ChinaWheelbarrowAncient GreeceHorse collarhorseshoeChilderic ITournaiBelgiumMaya Bridge at YaxchilanBaghdadquadrantMuhammad ibn Musa al-KhwarizmiHouse of Wisdomjunk shipsCompassRocketCompass dialIbn al-ShatirDa VincipedaloReisszugcable railwayHohensalzburg FortressSalzburgfunicularJan ŽižkaMercator 1569 world mapEuropeanwagonwayWollaton WagonwayHuntingdon BeaumontNottingham, EnglandCroatianFausto VeranzioCornelius DrebbelsubmarineAdam WybewheelchairBlaise PascalFerdinand Verbiestmodel carEmanuel SwedenborgDifferential gearSextantWilliam KentstrollerJacques de VaucansonInline skatesMarine chronometerNicolas-Joseph CugnotTurtleDavid BushnellHMS EagleThe Iron BridgeparachuteJoseph Montgolfier and Étienne Montgolfierhot air balloonsBalloonomaniaJacques CharlesLes Frères Robert (Anne-Jean Robert and Nicolas-Louis Robert)Hydrogen balloonWilliam Murdochsteam locomotiveRedruth, EnglandtricycleCanal ManiaRichard Trevithickroad locomotiveCamborne, EnglandLondon Steam CarriageWilliam SymingtonCharlotte Dundassteamboatrailway locomotiveOliver Evansamphibious vehicleFrancois Isaac de RivazDe Rivaz engineSwansea and Mumbles RailwayhorsecarRobert FultonNorth River SteamboatNicéphore NiépcePyréolophoreIsaac de Rivashydrogen gas powered internal combustion engineguided busGloucester and Cheltenham TramroadMatthew MurraySalamancaMiddleton RailwayTimothy HackworthPuffing BillyGeorge StephensonKarl von DraisSS SavannahAtlantic OceanLiverpool, EnglandSavannah, Georgiakick scooterLocomotion No. 1Stockton & Darlington RailwaySir Goldsworthy GurneyBath, Somersetsuspension railwayCheshuntLiverpool and Manchester RailwayLancashire WitchBolton and Leigh RailwayLeeds and Liverpool CanalManchester Bolton & Bury CanalRainhill TrialsStephenson's Rocketmail coachelectric locomotivebattery locomotiveRobert DavidsonAberdeenScotlandgalvanic cellsIsambard Kingdom BrunelSS Great WesternMoritz von JacobiSt PetersburgRussiaNicholas I of RussiaNeva RiverRailway ManiaDalkey Atmospheric railwayrailcarJames SamuelEastern Counties RailwayWilliam Bridges AdamsSir George CayleyglidersElisha OtisGeorge CayleygliderQuadracyclemodel railwayNapoléon, Prince ImperialGaston Plantélead–acid batterySaint PetersburgÉtienne LenoirautomobileMetropolitan RailwayHippomobilemotorcycleSafety bicycleGeorge Westinghousecompressed-air brakeLouis-Guillaume Perreauxsteam velocipedeMichauxvelocipedeJules Suriraybicycle mechanicball bearingkicksledelectric tramSestroretskFyodor PirotskyWerner von SiemensGross-Lichterfelde tramwayLichterfeldeoverhead wiretrolleybusErnst Werner SiemensElektromoteMödling and Hinterbrühl TramThomas Parkerelectric carKarl Benzinternal combustion engineBenz Patent MotorwagenBattery electric multiple unitRoyal Bavarian State Railwaysinterurbantram-trainbattery vehiclesmilk floatsBike boomCity and South London Railwayelectric tractionRecumbent bicyclesmoving walkwayWorld's Columbian ExpositionLiverpool Overhead Railwayelectric multiple unitstrolleyboatsidecarHildebrand & WolfmüllerSiegenNetphenSiegerlandBenz ViktoriaJesse W. RenoescalatorConey IslandBrooklyn BridgemonorailOntario Southern Railway (Ontario)Charles ParsonsTurbiniasteam turbineelectric bicyclefour-wheel driveFerdinand von Zeppelinairshipthe firstOrville Wright and Wilbur WrightairplaneDiesel engineRudolph DieselmotorshipVandalBranobelNantasket BeachLos AngeleshydrofoilEnrico ForlaniniLondon Electrobus Companybattery-electric busesBolzanocable carHenry FordFord Model TFabre HydravionSelandiadiesel locomotiveWinterthur–Romanshorn railwayArticulatedBoston Elevated Railwaytraffic lightChicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific RailroadHovercraftMotorized scooterWorld War IhydroplaneAlexander Graham BellautogyrorotorcraftCierva C.4Yuri LomonosovMaschinenfabrik EsslingenRobert H. Goddardliquid-fueled rocketMoth (dinghy)Inverlochgolf cartHermann Kemperlinear induction motorHeinkel He 176jet engineHeinkel He 178Traffic coneChuck YeagerBell X1ShinkansenBrooklands MuseumHeritage railwayhigh-speed craftde Havilland Cometnuclear-powered vesselUSS NautilusChristopher CockerellSputnik 1container shipBoeing 707fuel cellAllis-ChalmersVostok 1Sergey KorolyovYuri Gagarinhigh-speed railCaspian Sea Monsterground effect vehicleAutomatic train operationLondon UndergroundSpace hopperBoeing 747Space Racecrewed Moon landingLolo ballSalyut 1space stationSoviet UnionRuncorn Buswaybus rapid transitStadtbahnwagen BhybridMorgantown PRTConcordesemi-automated carSpace ShuttleAutomated guideway transitpeople moverPort Island LineVéhicule Automatique LégerLille MetroSinclair C5SnakeboardRailroad TycoonADtranz low floor tramChannel TunnelkickbikeToyota RAV4 EVnickel-metal hydride batteriesToyota PriusNissan R'nessalithium-ion batteryDeep Space 1folding electric bicycleTrikkeTransMilenioHistory of self-driving carscapa vehicleSegway PTDean KamenGround-level power supplyBordeaux tramwayNE Trainhybrid trainFirst commercial high speed Maglev trainMetrocable (Medellín)Tesla RoadsterŠkoda 15 TMobile appscarsharingbicycle sharingcarpoolingBlaBlaCarFlixbusULTra (rapid transit)Heathrow AirportIKAROSsolar sailSelf-balancing scooterChina South Rail Corporationfuel cell vehicleNavya SASSheba Medical Centerhydrogen fuel cellDLR HY4low-floor tramZhuhai tramtrams in PotsdamToyota MiraiIon-propelled aircraftMIT EAD Airframe Version 2ionic windhydrogen-powered passenger trainAlstom Coradia LintLower SaxonyGermanyAutonomous Rail Rapid TransitCOVID-19 pandemiclockdownsharms from personal car transportexternalitiesair pollutiondebrisspace industrybillionaire space racespace tourismregulationfuture demandefficiencySAF (biofuel)CO2 removalbiofuelfood securityMini-Hollandsactive transportLow Traffic Neighbourhoodshealth economicharms from personal car automobilityautomobilityevery 34th deathdependencyMobility as a serviceElectric vehicle conversionPersonal carbon tradinghydrogen fuel cell planeGoogle Mapsbike sharesroute planningpublic transport during the COVID-19 pandemichydrogen-powered trainselectricSiemensmaglevhyperloopDatongHyperloop OneFuxing HaoBeijing–Zhangjiakou intercity railwayautonomous busesautomated, driverless trainHamburgenergy efficientautonomous vesselsRoboatscanals of Amsterdamcollect wastedeliver goodsMV Yara Birkelandelectric ship2025 in aviation2025 in rail transportMaritime timelineTimeline of automobilesTimeline of aviationTimeline of historic inventionsHistory of the bicycleHistory of the electric vehicleTimeline of motorized bicycle historyTimeline of railway historyHistory of rapid transitTimeline of spaceflightTimeline of three longest spansUfologytunnelling shieldHergéParliamentary Debates (Hansard)Falco, Charles M.Drutt, MatthewWolmar, ChristianWayback MachineTheGuardian.comBibcodeMarais, Eloise A.Nature SustainabilityThe Daily TelegraphMassachusetts Institute of Technology