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FIG 1.5: GLOBAL ROAD AND FREIGHT TRANSPORT SCENARIO PROJECTION [8]
AVERAGE ANNUAL GROWTH RATE
2000-2030 2000-2050
TOTAL 2.5% 2.3%
AFRICA 3.4% 3.1%
50 LATIN AMERICA 3.1% 2.8%
MIDDLE EAST 2.8% 2.4%
40
INDIA 4.2% 3.8%
OTHER ASIA 4.1% 3.7%
30
CHINA 3.7% 3.3%
EASTERN EUROPE 2.7% 2.8%
20
FORMER SOVIET UNION 2.3% 2.2%
10 OECD PACIFIC 1.8% 1.6%
OECD EUROPE 1.9% 1.5%
0
OECD NORTH AMERICA 1.9% 1.7%
2000 2010 2020 2030 2040 2050

1.2 ROAD NETWORK GLOBALLY various countries with reference to the major
Globally, the road transport sector will grow road indications like road density versus vehicle
unabatedly till 2050 (Figure 1.5). density are shown in Table 1.1.

However, it is evident from figure 1.5 that
the growth in developing economies is more
aggressive compared to developed nations.
Indian road transport sector is expected to
show a sustained rise of 4.2% till 2030 and
3.8% till 2050. Similarly, the comparison of

TABLE 1.1 MAJOR ROAD INDICATORS ACROSS SELECT COUNTRIES (2010) [9]

ROAD PAVED ROAD LENGTH IN km
COUNTRY DENSITY ROADS
(km/sqkm) (%) NATIONAL
TOTAL MOTORWAYS HIGHWAYS

BRAZIL 0.19 13.5 15,80,964 NA 99,220 (6.28)
53.50
CHINA 0.42 (2008) 40,08,229 74,113 (1.85) 64,430 (1.61)
FRANCE 1.87 100.00 10,28,446 11,466 (1.11) 8,980 (0.87)

INDIA 1.48 55.46 48,65,394 NA 76,818 (1.58)
JAPAN 0.89 80.11 3,36,578 7,803 (2.32) 50,810 (15.10)
(2009)
KOREA REPUBLIC (2009) 1.05 79.30 104,983 3,776 (3.60) 13,819 (13.16)
0.06 80.06 9,83,000
RUSSIAN FEDERATION (2009) (2007) (2009) NA NA
SOUTH AFRICA(2001) 0.30 17.30 3,64,131 239 (0.07) 2887 (0.79)
UNITED KINGDOM 1.72 100.00 4,19,628 3,673 (0.88) 49,024 (11.68)

USA 0.67 10.00 65,45,326 75,479 (1.15) 23,527 (0.36)

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