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HOW DID ELECTRICITY CHANGE THE WAY WE MOVED PEOPLE AND THINGS? Elbert R. Robinson of Scotland was the first inventor of the trolley on January 17th 1871. This invention helped make transportation of people and objects easier. The trolley decreased the number of people who walked, used horse drawn carriages, and bikes. Almost all the horse drawn carriages were abandon for electric cars or trolleys. The number of things that needed to be transported increased because it was now easier to transport things. They were much bigger and faster and helped spread development for miles past the old urban areas. Trolleys overpowered electric cars because they were bigger and could transport more people at one time. The price to ride a trolley from East Haven to New Haven at the time was 10 cents.http://www.bera.org/articles/bery100p1.html http://www.bera.org/articles/bery100p1.html