Governments should spend money on railways rather than roads

It is often argued that Authorities should pay more attention to build more railways than to increase the length of the

roads

. I disagree with that opinion and think

otherwise

that

roads

should be given the

first

priority if the government wants to improve the qualities of the infrastructure nationally for some reasons.

First

, the national

road

will serve more

people

in the country. As the matter of fact, the geographical situation varies across the nation, some maybe have a plain contour, and others may be on the plateau, but whatever the condition, most of the

people

in that area can commute easily if the

road

exist

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. Due to the fact of that condition, it is a wise choice for always increasing the number of the

roads

as

people

can use it to

transport

to any part of the country with a different type of

transport

such

as bicycle, bus, motorcycle, car, etc.

Second

, building a

road

is often more cost-efficient and effortless for the government.

For example

, in the

mountain

area, to connect different city that located between the different side of the

mountain

, it is cheaper and easier to build a

road

around the

mountain

, compared to make a tunnel through the

mountain

for the railroad.

Lastly

, some might say that using the trains is much faster to travel. While there is some evidence to support that in the past era, I think that stance fails to recognize the massive improvement of

road

infrastructure that led us to better

time

completion

in travelling.

For instance

, in my country Indonesia, in the past, to travel from Jakarta to Surabaya, one of the best

transport

for

completion

time

is either by plane or

train

.

However

, since the massive development of the highway

road

that connected across that two cities, the

time

completion

is now very comparable between

train

and car. In conclusion,

although

train

can provide a quite fast

completion

time

when we

transport

using it, I prefer the government to build more

roads

as it can compete with

train

in terms of commuting

time

.

Moreover

, build

road

can serve more

people

with various type of transportation and often the cost of building

road

is more affordable.