A TRANSPORT REQUIREMENT FOR SCHOOL STUDENTS
Mrs.T.Krishnaveni, Assistant professor in Commerce,
Nadar Saraswathi College of Arts & Science, Theni
ABSTRACT
The present paper is based upon the transport requirements for school students. The transport systems are very useful to the all passengers. This transport system plays a vital role to government and passengers. Transportation means physical movement of persons and goods from one place to another place and also its very important position in the economic development of a nation. In transport, we can use different type of vehicles. The transport is used by the Business people, school students, adult person etc. But I decided only school students for this study. Education is very essential factor of the children’s. But school students are suffering from shortage of government and private transport services. This study has been undertaken to understand the” A transport requirements for school students”. This paper focused on the
transport requirements for school students Because; Todays’s students are tomorrow’s pillars of the nation. The study was conducted using the analyzing method.
Introduction
school students use various types of vehicles to go to school, Such as Mini Bus, Town Bus, Share Auto, Auto, Rickshaw, Cycle, Bike etc., India has one of the largest road networks in the world.
The Main goals of transportation element are
1. To provide safe and efficient motorized and non-motorized travel for all residents and visitors of country.
2. To provide and effective roadway network with adequate capacity to meet the demand for travel in country
3. To provide and integrated transportation on system that includes landscape and sign regulation, non-motorized bicycle and pedestrian ways and mass transit service.
Most of the school students prefer only private buses because they were very prompt in their service and government buses are only limited numbers. In government transports gets some lacking in their service. In this study is useful to the find the lacking and rectifying that social problem.
Objective of the study
1. To provide more effective facility 2. To improve service quality 3. To reduce accident
4. To get faster customer response 5. To minimize the cost
Importance
promotes social integration of people of different nations in a country. It helps in the economic development of a country.
Classification of Transport 1. Land transport
a) Pathway b) Road c) Railway d) Other 2. Water transport
a) Inland – River and Canal b) Ocean – Coastal and Overseas 3. Air transport
a) Internal b) International
Needs of Transportation
Classification of transport systems in India is very wide. But School students are suffered by shortage bus facility. India is a well very good infrastructure and its safety improvement in various sectors day by day. Workers and school students of the village have to ravel in same time to the town. But there is shortage of bus during that time. At the time of traveling they get stroked in accident due to overloaded of buses with workers and school students with heavy traffic.
Advantages and Disadvantages of road transport
Advantages
1. High flexibility in terms of transport jobs and changed plans.
3. Relatively low transport times for short and medium distances.
Disadvantages
1. Limited transport volume.
2. Traffic jams.
3. Legal restrictions.
4. Weather effects
5. Restrictions on transport of hazardous goods.
Benefits of Public Transportation
Public transportation comprises of various modes including subways, buses, ferries and commuter trains among others. Many people are now using public transportation, with the local communities expanding their public transportation services. Every member of the society benefits from good public transportation. To discover the advantages of public transportation, read the following article.
Encourage development
Public transportation encourages economic development through enhancing property redevelopment and development, creating employment and improving property value. The money collected from public transportation enables the government to better serve its citizens by improving public services. In fact, public transit assists in establishing tax revenues.
Enhances communities
Environmental Benefits
Public transportation benefits the environment by helping to reduce air pollution because it creates lower emission levels than cars. Having good air quality also prevents some health issues such as respiratory disease. The other way that public transportation benefits the environment is by lowering energy consumption, leading to lesser toxic gas emissions.
Convenience
Most buses and trains run on set schedules that you could set your traveling time around. Rather than spending time searching for a parking space, you can opt to start using public transportation. In addition, public transit lessens the total number of vehicles on highways and roads, preventing traffic jams. This reduces commute time and enhances productivity.
Cost benefits
It is far cheaper to pay for a train or bus pass than to deal with the cost of auto maintenance, parking and gas. Actually, using public transportation saves you money on car insurance.
While public transportation is very useful, it has some disadvantages. For instance, some trains or buses are normally very dirty and they lack the privacy offered by driving in your own car.
Transport Requirement
students were affected by the accident. So the Government will provide additional buses to the school students during the school time
Conclusion
Transportation is the very important factors to the entire person especially school students. Many school students are affecting by accident. The government can provide more number of buses, really it can reduce. The important factor is 50% of the road accidents are due to improper of road construction. So the government to take care of reduces the bus accident and road constructions also.
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1.Modern marketing by R.S.N PILLAI AND BAGAVATHY 2.Marketing by Rajan Nair
