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Transportation Transport infrastructure and economic
growth are intertwined. A robust
Infrastructure transportation system is a catalyst for

economic growth and development.
And A Nation’s Throughout history, major milestones in

transportation technology have stimulated
Economic economic progress and extensively improved
the quality of the life of the people.
Growth, An For instance, the invention of steamboats in

Undeniable 1785 allowed farmers around the Delaware
River to sell their surplus crops to other

Interlink communities. The establishment of the
Metropolitan Railways in London circa 1863
helped commuters, in a short span of time,
travel to different parts of the country. The
freedom and mobility led to the creation of
more jobs and opportunities for locals and
“Roads are the arteries through which residents. In 1914, the first commercial flight

the economy pulses. By linking taking off of the runways of St. Petersburg in
producers to markets, workers to jobs, Tampa, Florida ushered in the era of
students to school, and the sick to transcontinental commercial flights.
hospitals, roads are vital to any Undeniably, there is no shortage of proof
development agenda.” Claudia Berg, supporting the correlation between
Development Research Group, World transport infrastructure and economic
Bank. growth.