Portal:Transport/Selected anniversaries/August 5
- 1620 – The Mayflower (pictured) departs Southampton, England.
- 1888 – Bertha Benz drives from Mannheim to Pforzheim in the first long distance automobile trip.
- 1912 – Japan's first taxicab service begins in Ginza, Tokyo.
- 1914 – In Cleveland, Ohio, United States, the first electric traffic light is installed.