Should governments spend more money on improving roads and highways, or should governments spend more money on improving

public transportation (buses, trains, subways)? Why? Use specific reasons and details to develop your essay. Referring to this specific matter, there is not a general recipe to use in every country. overnments should assess their current needs and deficiencies, the economic model, the social behavior and the potential of for the measures on for their community!s welfare, both in the short and the long term. Usually, in underdeveloped countries, the cost of transporting goods inland and outland it!s is greater than the cost of delivering them to port from any other origin around the globe. "his variable not only affects not only the competitiveness of the national industries, both e#porting e#ports and local sellersretail, but it increases the procurement prices of homeshousing prices and thus, impacts families! the purchasing power and life $uality of families. %oreover, the industrial competitiveness of industries is a crucial variable for hiring more wor& laborin increasing employment rates, because if sales increase, companies need more productive factorson, reducing the overall unemployment. 'y the same lineto&en, better roads will promote regional tourism and boost all the tourism tourist(related activities, creating more )obs and investment. "herefore, improving roads and highways will reduce the cost of transporting goods and indirectly, should enhance the social welfare in the mid(term. *n the other hand, public transportation is a variable that have has a direct impact on life $uality, especially in cities with high population density. +ncreasing the public transportation offer and $uality in times fre$uency,and lines of services, geographic coverage and fees, will have a positive impact on the society!s mood, sense of inclusion and e$uity, c. "his will create reating a surplus in of time and money that will be initially spent in on entertainment activities, benefitting the services industry, but and at in the long term it will , encourage encouraging education, investment and cultural activities. +n conclusion, public transportation investment has a greater impact on the short term and, ac&nowledging its longer term potential, it could can be placed at a higher value scalemore highly valued when politicians ta&e decisions that will affect their electoral support, based only on tangible results to e#hibit. ,evertheless, when a strategic goal of development is pursuitpursued, investing investment in roads and highways should not be ta&en off the agenda. "herefore, governments should find the correct mi# of investment in both aspects, always loo&ing always towards the long term ob)ective and towards continuity.