I really don't think it was better. It was just designed to do something completely different. Asphalt does what it needs to do as well and efficiently as anyone has figured out so far at least.
the roads were built for people and carts to travel on, and people and carts have traveled over them for the last 2,000 years at least. Asphalt is built to be driven on, and needs to be repaired every 5 years at best. They both are being used for transportation, one has just held up way better than the other.
Yes but again, have you tried driving on a paved road? With carts it wasn't too bad because they don't go very fast. There is no way you could use paved roads for cars going fast, and if the road gets any wet it becomes prohibitively slippery for driving. It's not like we could stop making asphalt roads and just start paving them instead.
That's a fair criticism, but it worked great for what it was designed for. It was a much better investment than the roads we have now.
I really don't think it was better. It was just designed to do something completely different. Asphalt does what it needs to do as well and efficiently as anyone has figured out so far at least.
the roads were built for people and carts to travel on, and people and carts have traveled over them for the last 2,000 years at least. Asphalt is built to be driven on, and needs to be repaired every 5 years at best. They both are being used for transportation, one has just held up way better than the other.
Yes but again, have you tried driving on a paved road? With carts it wasn't too bad because they don't go very fast. There is no way you could use paved roads for cars going fast, and if the road gets any wet it becomes prohibitively slippery for driving. It's not like we could stop making asphalt roads and just start paving them instead.