Editing Transport in Iceland (section)

==Road==
{{Main|Roads in Iceland}}
[[File:Southeast across Eyjafjörður.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Road across [[Eyjafjörður]] in northern Iceland from the western exit of the [[Öxnadalsheiði]] pass]]

[[File:Route1(iceland).png|thumb|right|''[[Route 1 (Iceland)|The Ring Road of Iceland]] and some towns it passes through: ''
1.[[Reykjavík]], 2.[[Borgarnes]], 3.[[Blönduós]], 4.[[Akureyri]],
5.[[Egilsstaðir]], 6.[[Höfn]], 7.[[Selfoss (town)|Selfoss]]]]

Iceland has {{convert|12869|km|mi}} of publicly administered roads, {{convert|5040|km|mi}} of which are paved.{{as of?|date=March 2025}}<ref>{{cite web | title=Samgönguáætlun 2009-2012 (National transport plan 2009-2012) | publisher=[[Alþingi|Alþingi (Icelandic parliament)]] | access-date=2010-04-25 | url=http://www.althingi.is/altext/138/s/pdf/0973.pdf}}</ref> Organized road building began about 1900 and has greatly expanded since 1980. [[Vegagerðin]] (Icelandic Roads Administration) is the legal owner and constructor of the roads, and oversees and maintains them as well. 11.4% of passenger-kilometres are by bus and 88.6% by car.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/tgm/refreshTableAction.do?tab=table&plugin=1&pcode=t2020_rk310&language=en|title=Eurostat - Modal split of passenger transport|website=ec.europa.eu|access-date=2018-04-20}}</ref>