Transportation
Benefits
One of the most significant benefits of travelling by car is flexibility. You can stop wherever you want, take any street, any shortcut that suits your commute hours. Another benefit is the safety of car transportation. Cars are designed with safety in mind, and drivers are required to follow traffic laws and wear a seatbelt. Additionally, car accidents are rarer than accidents involving public transportation.
The importance of transportation is that it enables trade, commerce, and communication that establish civilization. It is good planning that manages traffic flows and enables the undisturbed and steady movement from one place to another. It is transportation that acts as a link between manufacturing facilities and consumer markets. It is impossible to think of speedy industrialization as well as mass production as well as distribution in place without a fully developed infrastructure and transportation.
Negative Impact
Transportation is not immune to the weather or seasonal changes. For example, the roads become inaccessible during floods, rain, and snow. The roads become unsafe for deliveries, and it is less reliable than rail transportation in this case. There are numerous accidents on the roads, and there is always a high risk of accident or breakdown in case of road transport. Hence, it is not predictable or safe compare to rail.
Through the emissions from combustion of fossil-derived fuels, transportation systems contribute to degraded air quality, as well as a changing climate. Transportation also leads to noise pollution, water pollution, and affects ecosystems through multiple direct and indirect interactions.
Transportation (27% of 2020 greenhouse gas emissions) – The transportation sector generates the largest share of greenhouse gas emissions in US. The majority of greenhouse gas emissions from transportation are carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions resulting from the combustion of petroleum-based products, like gasoline and diesel fuel, in internal combustion engines.
Invention History
Karl Benz patented the three-wheeled Motor Car, known as the "Motorwagen," in 1886. It was the first true, modern automobile, meaning Benz is most often identified as the man who invented the car. Electric cars were available in the middle of the 19th century, but fell out of favor after Henry Ford developed his Model T, the inexpensive and high quality gasoline powered car became very popular and the decline of electric cars began. The Toyota Prius, developed and released in Japan in 1997, was the world's first mass-produced hybrid car and was available around the world by 2000.
Wilbur and Orville Wright were American inventors and pioneers of aviation. In 1903 the Wright brothers achieved the first powered, sustained and controlled airplane flight; they surpassed their own milestone two years later when they built and flew the first fully practical airplane.
The first train was built by Richard Trevithick in 1804. Richard was a British mining engineer and inventor. The first train was powered by a steam engine with a large flywheel to even the piston rod action. The steam-powered locomotive gradually gained popularity in the first half of the 19th century with Richard Trevithick's Penydarren locomotive innovations. George Stephenson, also known as the father of railways, built many experimental locomotives. Eventually, he went on to build the first railway line from Liverpool to Manchester. Werner is the founder of Siemens, an engineering company. Werner von Siemens demonstrated the first electrical passenger train in 1879. Afterward, in 1881, Siemens created the world's first electric tram line.
References
https://www.marketing91.com/importance-of-transportation/
https://www.aplustopper.com/advantages-and-disadvantages-of-road-transport/
https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/sources-greenhouse-gas-emissions
https://www.livescience.com/37538-who-invented-the-car.html
