Our daily commutes would be very different today if these ideas had taken off.
, rail transport evolved from mine carts and funiculars, the first bicycle didn't have a pedal — the list goes on.
Almost every widely used form of transportation was once a crazy idea before it became the mass form of transit we're accustomed to today.Of course, along the way, there have been many ideas that didn't quite make the cut. Here are a few ideas that never quite gained the mass appeal their inventors were hoping for.Almost as soon as the first pedal-powered bicycle was invented in the 1860s, inventors set out to do away with that cumbersome second wheel.
Not much is known about the origin of the Iron Dobbin, other than the fact that it was developed by an Italian inventor. The design appeared in a 1933 issue of in which it was described as "the mechanical horse that trots and gallops on steel piped legs, under the impulse of a gasoline engine."The Italian military of the time considered using the walking transportation machine to train the children of the Gioventù Italiana Littorio to ride.
The idea was to build the Railplane's tracks above that of locomotive trains so they could make the same trips in a quicker time.Sadly, Bennie, who financed the project in its beginnings, was never able to find the financial backing needed to build the first proposed transportation line from Edinburgh to Glasgow, and by 1937 the inventor was bankrupt.
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