Describe the growing importance of road transport.
The growing importance of road transport is due to the following reasons:
- The construction cost of roads is much lower than the other means of transport.
- Roads can pass through comparatively more dissected and undulating topography.
- It provides door to door services thus the cost of loading and unloading is much lower.
- Road transport is economical in the transportation of a few persons and a relatively smaller amount of goods over short distances.
- It is used as a feeder to other modes of transport.