The Vienna Convention on Road Traffic defines a road as the entire surface of any way or street open to public traffic. Roads also cover streets, bridges, tunnels, supporting structures, junctions, crossings and interchanges. The Eurostat, ITF and UNECE Glossary for Transport Statistics Illustrated defines a road as a “Line of communication traveled way open to public traffic, primarily for the use of road motor vehicles, using a stabilized base other than rails or air strips.

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development OECD defines a road as “a line of communication travelled way using a stabilized base other than rails or air strips open to public traffic, primarily for the use of road motor vehicles running on their own wheels”, which includes “bridges, tunnels, supporting structures, junctions, crossings, interchanges, and toll roads, but not cycle paths”. Historically many roads were simply recognizable routes without any formal construction or some maintenance. The primary features of roads include lanes, sidewalks pavement, roadways carriageways, medians, shoulders, verges, bike paths cycle paths, and shared-use paths. There are many types of roads, including parkways, avenues, controlled-access highways freeways, motorways, and expressways, tollways, interstates, highways, thoroughfares, and local roads. Unlike streets, the main function of roads is transportation. They are the tools through which we build the story of our life.A road is a linear way for the conveyance of traffic that mostly has an improved surface for use by vehicles motorized and non-motorized and pedestrians. Through words we are able to connect with each other, with icons of the past, with characters on a screen, and even with our own feelings. Whether it’s braille on the page of a novel, a good morning text message, or a story harmonized to music, the power and versatility that words hold is the common thread. Words are the greatest bridge-builders-they transcend race, religion, age, gender, sexuality, ability, and distance. He begins to fill in the lines of his own story with healing words, loving words, and uplifting words. He uses this revelation to create poetry and songs that delight all who listen, encourage, and motivate people all around him, and even show affection for his furry friends. He realizes that words can be strung together to create meaning much greater than they have on their own. It’s not until his words get lost and scattered that he begins to recognize that the hundreds of syllables he has collected are only pieces of a much larger puzzle. Reynolds’ latest story, The Word Collector. “Hover,” “treasure,” and “whisper” are just a few of the many words that expert word-collector Jerome has gathered and stored away in award-winning author/illustrator and FableVision co-founder Peter H.

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