Professor: Lawrence Bush
AMH 2020
2-19-15
The Horse-drawn omnibuses to Automobiles Transportation is one of the most basic human needs and without it, we will not be able to do things or travel as fast, quick and efficient as possible.1 Because transportation is so important to Americans since the early 18th, more big business built more transportation to serve and protect people in overcrowded cities across the nations. From the 1820s until the early 20th century, American used Horse-drawn omnibus for traveling but growth of industrialization allow the switch to automobile as their preferred methods of commuting in the late 20th century. The horse-drawn omnibus is a simple wagon, pulled by horses or mules and it has four wheels and one driver. 2The omnibus can carry about more than 10 to 30 people; however, it was not able to transport as fast as desired due to the weight. The history of the omnibus originated in France during in the early 18th century and the idea spreads across the American cities. Many Americans were benefited from this invention especially those who need to travel places to places for works, schools, and others.
Sometime, there are also a downside of it because it’s very hard to own it completely. Horses or mule required affords, they need to be given food, taking care of and arrange place for them to sleep. Therefore, it caused problems on Americans life. People paid to ride omnibus but many are unhappy about the transportation system for many reason such as it cannot be follow a schedule, the cost for ride was inconsistent on a daily basis and many people aren’t able to go the exact locations that they wanted to go. Automobile are introduced in Europe early 18th but it only became increasingly popular among the general Americans populations in late 20th century. The invention of automobile helped many Americans by saving their time and be