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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 Springfield, Massachusetts, built and then road-tested the first-ever American, gasoline-powered car in Springfield.
Karl and Bertha Benz in a Benz Victoria, 1894 |
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 |
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
A 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