page_title: Alternatives to car use
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Alternatives to car use / History
caption_attribution_description: Kuruma zukushi / Melange of vehicles. Japanese print shows various forms of transportation employed by people, including a train, horse-drawn carriage, horse-drawn trolley, rickshaw, bicycle, hand-drawn carts. Man drawing water from a well, woman with child on back walking. 影版車津くし　平野屋板
context_page_description: Current technological developments suggest that cars, as used today, will be replaced. Established alternatives to car use include cycling, walking, kick scooters, rollerblading, skateboarding and motorcycles. Other alternatives are public transport vehicles.
context_section_description: Prior to the popularity of car use which dominated motorised transport (and consequently urban planning) from around the 1950s onwards, several transportation modes were used. Pedestrianism for both short and long distances was used, but also travel by horse especially for long distances. Trams, especially powered trams, achieved widespread popularity in the 19th century. Carriages, used for centuries, are still used but mainly for tourism.
caption: An 1889 Japanese print shows various forms of transportation
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