Governments should spend more money on railways rather than roads. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

According to some people, authorities should invest more money in railways than roads. In my opinion, I quite disagree with this statement. Both railways and roads play important roles in our daily life and hence the governments should appropriately allocate funding for both.

On the one hand, railways have ample good aspects. Since trains are public transports, they are obviously chosen by people who do not have their own vehicles such as students from universities, which means the whole communities can easily gain access to railways. Following that, the majority of rail transport is punctual, especially subways because most of them are very fast and they can avoid traffic jams. For example, Shinkansen is a high-speed rail system in Japan and each subway can reach up to 210 km/h.

On the other hand, it is an indisputable fact that there are undeniable benefits of the road systems. Obviously, most of the road transports are private, therefore, flexibility is a prime advantage of them. Moreover, personal vehicles are often used to deal with emergencies, which are usually at night or at where public transports cannot reach. Last but not least, road systems are not only prevalently utilized by a large number of people both in the city and in the countryside, but also allow people to reach every nook and corner of a country.

So, in a nutshell, railways and roads all have their own advantages and disadvantages, thus it indeed requires synergic efforts from the governments to make good use of both…;