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expensive and requires considerable time to

construct.

Auto Traveler Services

In developed countries, automobile transportation

is most common. As the economy of a country
develops, the usual pattern progresses from

walking, to using horses or other working
animals, to bicycles, to motorcycles, and finally to

small and then larger automobiles, augmented by
public transport. Roads should be hard, all -

weather surfaced, properly graded and drained,

and built to international standards for safe use.

Small, inadequate roads will only have to be torn

up and replaced with better and more adequate

systems.

Auxiliary services, such as gasoline stations,

roadside eating facilities, motels, roadside parks,

roadside picnic facilities, rest parks that have

toilet facilities, scenic turnouts, marked points of

interest within easy access of the road, and auto

repair and service facilities are all needed for

successful auto tourism. The number and

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