tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77571757880961453292011-04-21T12:12:49.834-07:00TV for PCnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7757175788096145329.post-56427422256986788912009-01-14T04:39:00.000-08:002009-01-14T04:41:36.099-08:00<p>A <b>road</b> is an identifiable <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_number" title="Road number">route</a>, way or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trail" title="Trail">path</a> between <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Location_%28geography%29" title="Location (geography)">places</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Major_Roads_of_the_United_States_0-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roads#cite_note-Major_Roads_of_the_United_States-0" title=""><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup> Roads are typically smoothed, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavement_%28material%29" title="Pavement (material)" class="mw-redirect">paved</a>, or otherwise prepared to allow easy <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travel" title="Travel">travel</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-RoadInfrastructureStrategicFrameworkforSouthAfrica_1-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roads#cite_note-RoadInfrastructureStrategicFrameworkforSouthAfrica-1" title=""><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup> though they need not be, and historically many roads were simply recognizable routes without any formal <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Construction" title="Construction">construction</a> or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maintenance,_repair_and_operations" title="Maintenance, repair and operations">maintenance</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Ways_of_the_World_2-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roads#cite_note-Ways_of_the_World-2" title=""><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <p>The term was also commonly used to refer to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roadstead" title="Roadstead">roadsteads</a>, waterways that lent themselves to use by shipping. Notable examples being <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hampton_Roads" title="Hampton Roads">Hampton Roads</a>, in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Roads,_Bermuda" title="Castle Roads, Bermuda">Castle Roads</a>, in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bermuda" title="Bermuda">Bermuda</a> (also formerly in Virginia).</p> <p>In <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_area" title="Urban area">urban areas</a> roads may diverge through a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City" title="City">city</a> or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Village" title="Village">village</a> and be named as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street" title="Street">streets</a>, serving a dual function as urban space <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easement" title="Easement">easement</a> and route.<sup id="cite_ref-difference_between_road_and_street_3-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roads#cite_note-difference_between_road_and_street-3" title=""><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a></sup> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economics" title="Economics">Economics</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society" title="Society">society</a> depend heavily on efficient roads. In the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union (EU)</a> 44% of all <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_%28economics_and_accounting%29" title="Good (economics and accounting)" class="mw-redirect">goods</a> are moved by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truck" title="Truck">trucks</a> over roads and 85% of all <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Person" title="Person">persons</a> are transported by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automobile" title="Automobile">cars</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bus" title="Bus">buses</a> or coaches on roads.<sup id="cite_ref-Road_Transport_.28Europe.29_4-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roads#cite_note-Road_Transport_.28Europe.29-4" title=""><span>[</span>5<span>]</span></a></sup></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7757175788096145329-5642742225698678891?l=transport09.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>TV for PCnoreply@blogger.com0