Transportation means movement of goods and even the people from one place to another. This migration is done for many reasons like employment, hospitality and other purposes. The transportation has lots of advantages and even disadvantages. The more focus is on advantages as we cannot think about the life without transportation. The importance of transportation may include:
- Availability of raw materials: Transportation helps in carrying the raw materials from one place to another place. Initially raw materials are made at one place and are being transported to another place for processing and for manufacturing goods.
- Availability of goods to the customer: The goods are being transported from one place to another place. These goods which are produced at one place are transported to other distant places for their usage. It flexibly moves the goods from one place to another place.
- Enhances The Standard Of Living: It improves the standard of living. As the transportation of each and every good is being done then the productivity increases which results in the reduced or the effective costs. Because of reduction in the cost they can use different commodities for different purposes and can lead a secure life.
- Helps a lot during the emergencies and even during natural disasters: Transportation helps during the natural disturbances. It helps in quick moving from one place to another place and supplies the required operations.
- Helps for the employment: Transportation provides employment for many people as drivers, captains, conductors, cabin crew and even the people are used for the construction of different types of transportation vehicles. And even by the use of transportation the remote people are being employed with the access to the urban facilities and the opportunities.
- Helps in mobility of the laborers: Many people are traveling to other countries on their employment basis. Transportation plays an important role in such cases .
- Helps for bringing nations together: Transportation on the whole is used for globalization i.e. it brings nations together and it creates awareness about the cultural activities and even about the industries and helps a lot for importing and exporting of different goods.
These are some of the necessities which make us to use transportation.