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On This Day in Automotive History: April 22

On This Day in Automotive History
April 22

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Birthdays: Jerry Kempf (1922), Tommy Thompson (1922), Jack Hahn (1925), Bobby Watson (1936), Harry Blumer (1937), James Climer (1940), Don Sprouse (1941), George Behlman (1944), Steve Fossett (1944), Bob Howard (1944), Jack Gritter (1947), Marv Wilder (1948), Jerry Awbrey (1950), Howie Lane (1953), Jim Duchow (1955), Todd Robinson (1964), Ingo Rademacher (1971), Milka Duno (1972), David Bridges (1974), Greg Moore (1975), Paolo Ruberti (1975), Aleksey Basov (1977), Devon Powell (1977), Tom Dyer (1978), Esteban Tuero (1978), Brian Alder (1979), Rutledge Wood (1980), Patrick Pearce (1981), Nilton Rossoni (1981), Patrick Lindsey (1982), Justin Hirt (1985), Matt Varsha (1987), Grant Galloway (1994), Salvador Tineo (1994), Louis Deletraz (1997), Derek Scott, Jr. (1999)

1905: In Jacksonville, Florida, Office of Public Roads completes a 5,280-foot object lesson road, 15 feet wide, at a cost of $5,211.03. OPR's FY 1910 report notes the road was the best road in the area "and traffic, whenever possible, was diverted from other roads to it. In a year the travel over it had increased fourfold. A brickyard was established by the road and many very heavy loads were hauled over it . . . . Automobiles have increased in number from 100 in 1905 to 973 in 1910."

1946: The song “(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66” by Bobby Troup was released by Radio Recorders.

1983: In a memo to Executive Director R.D. Morgan from David K. Phillips, the Pavement Management Coordination Group notes that no significant road test work has been done since the AASHO Road Test was completed in 1960. The Group recommends short- and long-term initiatives to provide answers to complex pavement rehabilitation and design issues. On July 26, Administrator Ray Barnhart informs Associate Administrators and Regional Administrators that he has approved a program consisting of six interrelated activities aimed at providing sound information to pavement engineers.

1994: Administrator Rodney Slater and Acting NHTSA Administrator Christopher Hart walk from the USDOT Building to Capitol Hill to deliver the report to Congress on the "National Bicycling and Walking Study." Accompanied by a pedestrian convoy and police bicycle squads from local jurisdictions, they turn the report over to Representative Martin O. Sabo, who initiated the study. The report lays out an action plan to achieve the report's goals of doubling, from 7.9 percent to 15.8 percent, the percentage of transportation trips by bicycling and walking and to reduce, by 10 percent, fatalities occurring to bicyclists and pedestrians.

2002: Production of the Cadillac Eldorado ended.

2007: Jeff Gordon won the Subway Fresh Fit 500, his 76th win, tying Dale Earnhardt's career total.

2011: The film Revenge of the Electric Car was first shown, at the Tribeca Film Festival.