The benefits of expressway economy

It has economic benefits and good social benefits. 1. Economic benefits. 1. Direct economic benefits. 1.1. It shortens the transportation time and improves the use efficiency of automobiles. 1.2 Saving on driving expenses, including saving on fuel consumption, vehicle consumption, wheel consumption, etc. 1.3 Reducing cargo transportation damage, saving on economic benefits brought by expenses such as packaging and unloading 1.4 Reducing economic losses caused by accidents. It can also reduce the fatigue of drivers and passengers and improve driving comfort. 2. Brief introduction of economic benefits promotes the economic development along the expressway, which plays a huge role in regional economic development. Second, social benefits 1. Promote economic development and resource development along the highway. 2. Accelerate the production of materials and the circulation of commodities. 3. It is beneficial to the dispersion of urban population and the development of satellite towns. 4. Promote the rationalization of transportation structure and the development of automobile industry. 5. It can accelerate the development of the tertiary industry (tourism, catering industry, culture and entertainment industry) closely related to the transportation industry. Third, national defense and military benefits The use of expressways is a powerful means to make transportation equipment move quickly and carry out wartime transportation and urban emergency evacuation. Some expressways can take off and land fighter planes, which plays an important role in consolidating national defense. Fourth, the environmental benefit expressway has good linearity, vision and clearance, and the greening along the line is done well to reduce pollution. Note: The above is page 17.18 of Introduction to Road and Bridge Engineering. I typed it word by word, not reproduced.