Although Blaise Pascal enjoys lasting fame for his philosophical
writings and his work on binomial coefficients in triangles and the
study of pressure in fluids, only true aficionados of the history
of public transport remember to give him his due as Father of the
Autobus.
In 1662, Louis XIV decreed that horse-drawn carriages should run
at set times on set routes ...
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