The Rise of the Automobile and 21st Century Self-Driving Cars


 

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The Rise of the Automobile

 

Henry Ford

 

Mary Anderson and the Windshield Wiper

 

The Negro Travelers' Green Book

 

Self-Driving Cars

 

CROSS-LINK: The Transportation Revolution of the 19th Century

 

 How Much Power Should the Federal Government Have in the 21st Century? The Case of Self-Driving Cars

 

 

 America on the Move, Museum of American History

 

 

On September 20, 1893, Charles and Frank Duryea of SpringfieldMassachusettsbuilt and then road-tested the first-ever American, gasoline-powered car in Springfield.

 

 

 

Post-war Prosperity and the Rise of the Automobile

 

 

 

 

Karl and Bertha Benz in a Benz Victoria, 1894

 

Karl and Bertha Benz in a Benz Victoria, 1894

 

1914 Ford Model T
1914 Ford Model T


Henry Ford: Innovators from PBS

Driving Force: Henry Ford from Time Magazine,December 7, 1998.

Who Invented the Automobile? from Everyday Mysteries from the Library of Congress.

Automotive History from the Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan

America on the Move, transportation history from before 1876 to the present from the National Museum of American History.


The Lincoln Highway, 1920
The Lincoln Highway, 1920


Henry Ford was able to take the technology used to make a car and bring it to the public.

 

 

 

 

 


Question: Who Invented the Automobile? Answer: Carl Benz from Smithsonian's Everyday Mysteries.

 

The History of Automobile provides an overview and timeline of the growth of car industry and automobile culture.


The Lincoln Highway was the first continuous roadway from the Atlantic to Pacific coasts.

 

Click here for Americans on the Move, a website on Americans and the development of the auto industry


external image 200px-Hebrew_timeline.svg.pngA Timeline of the Ford Motor Company from PBS.

 

Diagram of Anderson's 1903 window cleaning device

 

Mary Anderson Invented the Windshield Wiper Blade in 1902; she received a patent in 1903

 

 Alabama Woman Stuck in NYC Traffic Invented the Windshield Wiper

 

 

 



The Negro Travelers' Green Book

 

 Published from 1936 to 1966 

 

 African American travelers faced dangerous and sometimes violent situations on American roads. 

 

 They faced discrimination and racism at traffic stops, restaurants and many other situations 

 

 The Negro Motorist Green Book was a guidebook for African American travelers that provided a list of hotels, boarding houses, taverns, restaurants, service stations and other establishments throughout the country that served African Americans patrons.

 

  It has been called an Overground Railroad, the title of 2020 book by historian Candacy Taylor

 Link here for transcribed pages from the Book 

 

 

 

 

21st Century Self-Driving Cars

 

 

Self driving car from driver's perspective, active breaking and obstacle reconnaissance



 

Self-Driving Cars Explained, Union of Concerned Scientists (February 21, 2018)

 

 

20.8 million autonomous vehicles will be in operation in the U.S. by 2030

 

 

 Maximizing the Benefits of Self-Driving Vehicles:  Principles for Public Policy

 

 

7 Arguments Against the Autonomous-Vehicle Utopia, The Atlantic (December 20, 2018)

 

 

Regulation of Self-Driving Cars

 

We Still Can't Agree How to Regulate Self-Driving Cars, The Verge (February 11, 2020)

 

Who is Regulating Self-Driving Cars?  Often, No One, Wired (November 27, 2018)

 

 

Autonomous Vehicles State Bill Tracking Database