公路運輸(highway transportation)是在公路上運送
旅客和貨物的
運輸方式。是
交通運輸系統的組成部分之一。主要承擔短途客貨運輸。現代所用運輸工具主要是汽車。因此,公路運輸一般即指汽車運輸。在地勢崎嶇、人煙稀少、鐵路和水運不發達的邊遠和經濟落后地區,公路為主要運輸方式,起著運輸干線作用。
Highway transportation is a mode of transportation that transports passengers and goods on the road. It is one of the components of the transportation system. Mainly responsible for short distance passenger and freight transportation. The main means of transportation used in modern times are automobiles. Therefore, road transportation generally refers to automobile transportation. In remote and economically underdeveloped areas with rugged terrain, sparsely populated areas, and underdeveloped railways and waterways, highways serve as the main mode of transportation and serve as the main trunk line.