DISADVANTAGE ADVANTAGES ROAD TRANSPORT

1. Door to door service: road transport provides door to door service. It can collect and transport the goods from sellers ware house and deliver it right at the door step of the buyer. Such service can not be provided by other form of transport. 2. Economical for short distance: road transport is economical for short distance. Again, the loading and unloading charges are reduced due to direct transportation. Where the distance is short, road transport is not only economical, but also quicker

3. Less overhead cost: there is less overhead cost. The cost of maintains. Again, wages paid to drivers and others is less as compare to railways again the money spend on the maintenance of roads is comparatively less as compare to maintenance of tracks along the railway lines.
4. Flexibility: the road transport offers more flexibility then that of railways. There are no fixed Scheduled. The road transport can operate any time as per the convenience of the client. The Vehicle can be diverted to different routes, in case of blockage or accident. 5. Low investment: road transport requires low investment. The vehicles such as trucks and tempos cost comparatively less as compare to trains, ships and aero planes.

DISADVANTAGE OF ROAD TRANSPORT:

1. Not suitable for bulky goods: road transport is not suitable to carry bulky and heavy goods, such as heavy machinery. It also not suitable to carry items of low grades because of the cost involves in transporting such good. 2. Uneconomical for long distance: the road transport is not economical for long distance. If the distance is more than 1000 Kms the vehicle reached to destination after three days. In this case railways are more convenient and economical for short distance. 3. Breakdowns and delays: because of poor conditions of Indian roads, there are often breakdowns. This causes unnecessary delays in transportation. 4. Lack of informative in rates: there is no informative in transport rates. This is because; road transport is operated by private parties. Different rates are charged by different operators. 5. Limited protection to goods: road transport provides limited production to goods from rain, sun, dust and wind. Many times the good get damage due to limited production

Euro 1 1992 Nox co hc pm 8 4.5 1.1 0.36

Euro 2 1995 7 4 1.1 0.15

Euro 3 2000 <5 2.5 0.7 0.10

Euro 4 2004 <3 1 0.5 0.10

 BUS DEPOTS A depot is a transport systems operating base. It provides parking accommodation, servicing and maintenance facilities for vehicles, an administrative function, and facilities for staff. A fully enclosed depot is sometimes referred to as a garage. An operator may have one depot or several, depending on its fleet size or geographic coverage. Most transport operators have their head offices at one of their depots. Operators with fleets of more than two or three vehicles should have the use of off-street depot facilities. A small operator will normally have facilities for only very basic servicing. The larger the operator, the greater is the scope for carrying out maintenance work in-house at the depot.

 Bus depot size and location The size of a bus depot is usually stated in terms of the number of buses that it can accommodate, which may vary from fewer than 10 vehicles to several hundred. The area required for any given number of buses will vary according to the shape and layout of the site. With a good layout, the approximate area required for a depot for 100 full-sized buses will be 2 hectares, or 20,000 square meters, including buildings. The space required per bus will decrease slightly as the number of buses increases since the proportion of the area occupied by buildings will decrease. There are also certain economies of scale. For example, the requirement for office accommodation, or fuel issuing equipment does not increase in proportion to the number of vehicles allocated to a depot.

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