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TOPIC: Transportation.
CONTENT: Advantages and disadvantages of each form of transportation
Sub-Topic 1: Advantages and Disadvantages of Land and Pipeline Transport
Land Transport: this is divided into road and rail transportation.
Advantages of Road Transportation
- Convenience: Road transportation provides for convenience in the sense that it offers door to door services to the owners of goods.
- Flexible: There is high degree of flexibility in the use of road transportation because there is no fixed time schedule for passengers who use them.
- Suitable of perishable goods: Perishable goods like tomatoes are better conveyed through this means because road transportation is fast and easily accessible to farmers in the rural areas.
- Low cost of maintenance: The cost of keeping motor vehicles in order is higher than that of airplanes and ships
- Special routes are not required: Road transport does not need special routes like terminals, rail tracks, etc. before it can operate.
- Suitable for short journey: Road transport is very easier, faster and cheaper for short distances. For instance, the distance between Lagos and Ogun State can be covered within a short time.
- Availability: Road transportation is always readily available for use because of their number and strategic location.
Disadvantages of Road Transportation
- Prone to accident: Road transport is more exposed to accident, especially where roads available are not in good condition.
- Road transport is not suitable for heavy and bulky goods: Road transport is not suitable and economical for the movement of heavy and bulky goods like machinery, motor vehicles etc
- Fragile goods: Road transport is not good for the conveyance of fragile goods like glass plates, drinking glasses, mirrors and so on.
- Low capacity: What thirty trailers cannot carry; a train will conveniently do. This shows that road transport is not suitable for bulky materials because of the cost involved.
- Welfare facilities are not provided: Facilities such as toilet, canteen, and television are not usually provided for in road transport as these are available in trains, water and air transports. This reduces the comfort of the means.
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