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Transportation in the 19th Century During the first half of the 19th century, improvements in transportation developed rather quickly. Roads, steamboats, canals, and railroads all had a positive effect on the American economy The movement of people and goods from place to place is known as transportation . Together with communication-the movement of ideas-transportation has been essential in bringing about the integration of regions and nations into a single world community. The development of urban transportation has not changed with the cities; cities have changed with transportation . In the early years of transportation it was the mass transit of horse and buggies or electric rail cars that shaped cities. Then as the automobile became affordable to the public, personal transportation redefined the city as 5 Modes of Transportation In order to have easy mobility of persons and goods, it is necessary to have a sophisticated and widespread transportation system. This system is...

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