How Did The Transport Revolution Affected London?

The main argument of the essay is to portray the how the transport revolution created changes that greatly impacted London. The transport revolution started from 1829 and ended at 1863, however, changes in transportation still occurred after 1863. Before the revolution London’s transportation ranged from canal transportation to road transport consisting of pedestrians and horses. Carriages were available for the upper class due to their income. To understand the significance of the revolution it is important to evaluate, the different types of transportation that were created and how important were they in impacting London. The jobs the transport revolution may have brought forth and why did it become significant. How the transport revolution

The early omnibuses required horses to move the carriages, due to the fact that horses are animals they left excrements on the road. Without adequate sanitation methods the excrement would decay and cause pollution which would attract other forms of contamination such as rats carrying diseases. However, the replacement of horse with fossil fuels created a new form of pollution from the combustion. Combustion is a process of burning, for example a combustion of propane ‘C3H8 + O2 = CO2 + H2O’ . The products are carbon dioxide and water, these are both waste products. The success of the train networks produces a large amount of carbon dioxide due to the amount of coal burned in the process. Furthermore, the waste product carbon dioxide is hazardous to surrounding crew members and passengers. Additionally, the production of these greenhouse gases damage the environment of london, which resulted in the smog issues on the early 20th century. In addition, caused diseases such as lung cancer, due to the inhalation of these gases. The start of a new era of technology brought many beneficial uses, consequently, it also brought pollution. Because of this, the London became infested with pollution due to how popular these new transportation methods became. Which then increases the amount of waste products produced, and later on in future changed the clean environment

Due to the fact that ‘The rich of course, had their own carriages, hackney's were available and hansom cabs were introduced in 1814’ . The new transportation systems did not appeal the upper class as much as the other classes because their work was mostly close to their homes and had shorter hours of work. Thus, the transport revolution did not benefit the upper class and therefore, was not a significant transformation in London. London's population was increasing, and this had an impact on the transportation, as argued by Judith Flanders ‘From 1830 to 1850, the population of London grew by nearly 1 million. The number of stage coaches increased by 50 percent, while the number of hackney carriages more than doubled.’ The population growth contributed to the various transportations created, as it increases so does the popularity of the different transportation methods. As argued by Judith Flanders this population growth increased the production of coaches and hackneys. In addition, ‘As means of communications improved, a number of small trading centers replaced by large conventional towns’ . Technology such as telephones and electric telegraphs were being invented, revolutionising the methods of communication. Therefore, new methods of communication and the population are factors that contributed to the transformation of London. As a population can create an increase in businesses, housing and even