Essay: The Importance Of Transportation

Transportation is the movement of people, animals and goods from one location to another. The importance of transportation in a country is compared to the importance of veins in the human body. This is because it enables trade between persons, which is essential for the development of civilizations. For the purpose of this research, much attention will be paid to highway transportation with respect to its capacity and service. There are public and private types of transportation on highways. Public transport is a shared passenger transport service which is available for use by the general public, such as buses, trains, taxicab, auto rickshaw, motorcycle taxi, carpooling or hired buses. Private transport (as opposed to public transport) is transportation service which is not available for use by the general public. Often public transportation service providers are privately owned; notwithstanding, any and all services provided by such companies that is available to the general public is considered public transport.

A highway is any public road or other public way on land. It is used for major roads, but also includes other public roads and public tracks. Major

It starts from the end of the dual carriage at Iwaraja Ilesha and terminates in Akure at the Akure-Ikere/Akure-Owo junction. It traverses Osun, and Ondo states and 5 Local Government Areas – Akure South, Ifedore (Ondo State), Atakunmosa East, Atakunmosa West and Oriade (Osun State) LGAs and transecting or outlying some urban and rural settlements. The analysis and service study of this road is necessary to accommodate the existing and projected traffic demand, improve the transportation infrastructure of the states and promote economic development in and around the project