Transportation
over the years have gone through tremendous makeover and transition
As
road transport basically started with the development of tracks by humans and
their beast of burden for them and construction was as simple as the clearing
of bushy areas to create pathways to the farms or leading villages and towns. As
commerce increased, the tracks and paths were often flattened or widened to
accommodate human and animal traffic. Some of these dirt tracks were developed
into fairly extensive networks allowing communicators, trade and governance
over wide areas. The need for better road network became imperative when the
desire to expand took precedence. As cities developed and became richer, new
roads and bridges began to be built.
Various systems had been developed over
centuries to reduce w , bogging and dust in cities. Dusty roads were tarred to
ensure the smooth transit of both humans and goods from one point to the other.
The
bane of this evolution was to come shortly when the convenience associated with
road transport got the better side of people, and it became an obsession of a
sort to own a vehicle and get to their various destinations on time. However
the time element does not favor them anymore with the prevalence of private cars,
commercial vehicles, motors and other modes of transport.
The road network
system also seems to be at an abrupt standstill as it hadn’t been expanded to
accommodate the growing number of vehicles and vehicular traffic associated
with the buzz. This is what you hear as a result of the congestion faced by
road users in recent times.
