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Advantages and Disadvantages of Road Transport

Posted on April 4, 2019 By Frndzzz

Some of the Advantages and Disadvantages of road Transport are given below. So let us check it out information one by one.

Some of the Advantages of road transport are :

  1. In road transport door to door service is possible.
  2. Road transport is flexible and economical over shorter distance
  3. Limited capital expenditure in road transportation services.
  4. Road transport is a flexible mode of transportation because loading and unloading is possible at any destination.
  5. In hilly areas road transport is best suitable.
  6. Road transport is relatively cheaper mode of transportation compared to other means.
  7. In road transport, perishable goods can be transported at a higher speed over a short distance.
  8. Easy to monitor and track location of goods.

Some of the Disadvantags of Road transport are :

  1. Road transport is unsuitable for longer distance.
  2. Transportation of heavy or bulky goods is comparatively costly
  3. Due to limited carrying capacity it becomes difficult for long distance transport.
  4. There is no uniformity in rates and limited speed.
  5. Road transport is affected by weather.
  6. Road transport is vulnerable to cogestion and traffic delays.
  7. Rate of road transport is dependent of fuel prices.
  8. High degree of accidents is seen in road transport.

 

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