PRECONDITIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF MASS SPEED TRAVEL MEANS
This article reviews the main aspects of the «automobile era» development. Such factors as reconstruction of European cities as a prerequisite for the forthcoming of high-speed means of mass travel, invention and application of production lines and new economic practices in the motor car construction as well as the foundation of the first workers' suburbs as a new settlement system are primarily connected with the progress in the motor industry and transport infrastructure in general.Key words: automobile, line, city reconstruction, technical progress.