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In the first half of the 19th century, railroads began to be established
in America after the production of steam vehicles. They shortened the
8-month migration journeys of wagons and accelerated the settlement to the
west of America. Cities grew faster, and larger urban centers began to form in
the west and east. After the 1850s, the transportation provided by horses and
covered wagons began to be replaced by wooden vehicles called “coaches.”
Coaches are different from covered wagons; they carry people instead of
goods. They were much lighter and more compact vehicles, and their small
dimensions were more practical to use in the city than large goods wagons. In
addition, families used these vehicles on their journeys, such as out-of-town
hunting.
At the same time, there were omnibuses, small versions of
locomotive vehicles, that provided public transportation in the city. Horsecar
lines were built to reduce the shaking of the wagons on its hilly streets, and
horse-drawn omnibuses used these lines. In 1832, the John Mason Streetcar
was officially put into service. It quickly gained popularity and was regarded as
a luxurious improvement over the omnibus. It had more pleasant upholstery,
was more comfortable, and required less horsepower to go nearly twice as
fast. John Stephenson created the vehicle’s design based on a modified British
railroad car. Stephenson made several more designs for American street
transportation in the years to come. One of them, the “Bobtail,” which he
produced in 1889, was a very light model compared to the human capacity it
carried and the last animal-drawn vehicle in the U.S. 26
In 1880, Peter Herdic produced the first production of Herdic Coach,
which can be considered the ancestor of today’s taxis. The difference between
the Herdic and the omnibus was that it did not move on a certain rail and
route. Although it resembled the coaches of the period from its outlook, its
use purpose was urban public transportation like omnibuses. The suspension
system was much more sophisticated than previous wagon designs, so it
offered as comfortable a ride as omnibuses. However, unlike omnibuses, it did
not go on a certain rail and could leave passengers on the sidewalk instead of
the street. Like ambulance wagons, these were light vehicles with low floors
and back doors.
Moreover, The Herdic coach has several innovative features. Side
benches were built to carry four people along each side. The goal was to
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