Describe any five merits of road transportation.

The five merits of road transportation are:

1. The construction cost of the road is lower than that of Railways.

2. Roads can traverse comparatively more dissected and undulating topography.

3. Roads can negotiate higher gradients of slope and can traverse Mountains are the Himalayas.

4. It helps in the transportation of a few people and a relatively small amount of goods over a short distance.

5. It provides door to door service.

6. The cost of loading and unloading is less.

7. Road Transport is used as a feeder to other Modes of transport such as they provide a link between railway stations, air, and seaport.