What was the first form of public transportation?

The omnibus, the first organized public transit system within a city, appears to have originated in Paris, France, in 1662, although the service in question, Carrosses à cinq sols, lasted only fifteen years, until 1677; omnibuses are next known to have appeared in Nantes, France, in 1826.



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Not bad: The number of passengers that could be accommodated in and on the Benz Omnibus of 1895 was eight. Nine years after the automobile first saw the light of day, Carl Benz created the first bus, on the basis of his four-wheeled Benz Patent Motor Car, the Victoria.

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