Road Transport Enterprise Book

The word campost hue ban destved from the Lasterord ‘trasportare’. That meant rom or the other aldevand portars means to carry. Transport, thus, means at carry from place to another. Transport as such is a service which helps goods and persons to be carried from one place to another. Transport Industries which undertake nothing more than the movement of persons and things from one place to another have constituted one of the most important activities of men in every stage of advanced Civilization”. The importance of transport is increasing every day with the new development in the fields of ways, means, motive power, engineering techno- quest, organizations, legal enjambments and social, economic and political factors. Hence the scope of the study of transport is much wider to- day. In this chapter a detailed analysis of the evolution of passenger road transport services is undertaken.

Road transport plays an essential role in today’s world economy. The network of roadways of a country is as essential as the arterial system to the human body. The roads in a big way facilitate advancement in the economy of a country and they simultaneously facilitate communication. In the matter of surface transport, they are almost equal to the railways which connect other parts of the country through its large railway network system. These two transports are not parallel but interdependent. Road transport is one of the most promising and potent means for rapid industrialization and agricultural advancement. It plays an important role in the economy of the country and is particularly suitable for short and medium distance.