It provides maximum service for one and all.
It provides maximum flexibility for travel by reference to route, direction, time and travel speed.
It provides service to the doorstep.
Other modes depend on it.
It requires a small investment for the government.
Motor vehicles are cheaper than other carriers like rail locomotives and wagons.
It saves the time for a short distance.
High degree of accident due to the flexibility of movement.
Railways:
The transportation along the railway’s track could be advantageous by railways between the stations both for the passengers and goods, particularly for long-distance.
It relies on road transport i.e. it acts as a road feeder system.
The energy required to pull a unit load from the rail to the unit spacing is only 1/ to 1/5 of that required by the road.
Safety
Airways:
Fastest among all other modes.
More comfortable.
Time-saving.
Waterways:
Slowest among all other modes.
It requires minimal energy to carry the unit load through the unit spacing.
This can be possible between ports on the sea routes or along the river.
