Adv of road transport

 .flexible –not restricted to set schedules and routes

 Offers door to door delievery
 Accessible to almost everywhere eg unlie sea rail air
 Reduses the risk of loss by left or damage
 Different types of goods can be transported on their sutaible
transport method

 Disadvantages of road transport

 Considered to be sloe over long distances
 Not sutaible for verylarge items eg boats planes car ; often
abnormal loads cause considerable delays on motarways
 High cost of operating roads
 High cost of operationg transport eg oil and diesel
 Roads may be unsuitable for very large trucks,, area may be too
undulated
 Some countries limit the time of driving per driver
 Rail transport (Advantages)
 Is suitable for bulk and heavy transport goods e.g. coal, oil
 Wagons can be specially designed to take particular goods
 Good trains are safe for carrying nuclear weapons and material
 Usually located in city centers so people have easy acess to
central business districts
 Are not affected by traffic jams
 Rail transport causes’ less pollution
 Not suitable for carrying small quantities of goods

 Disadvantages of rail transport

 The need for trans-shipment