Question

describe any five merits of road transportation

Answer 1

1.  construction cost is low as compared to others,
2. it provides door to door service 
3. it act as feeder to other mode of transportation 
4. its benificial for shorter distance
5. loading and unloading cost are lower in roadways.
6. it can traverse mountain , dissection, undulating topography comperatively 

Answer 2

Merits of road Transport are:

(i) Roads need less capital than the railways.

(ii) Road transport provides door-to-door service.

(iii) The road transport provides flexible service to men   and materials.

(iv) Road transport is useful in small distances.

(v) Road transport is helpful in production of  perishable goods as it facilitates the distribution of  perishable goods from point of production to point  of consumption.

(vi) Roads can negotiable higher gradients of slopes  and as such can traverse mountains such as the  Himalayas.