Surface Transport plays a significant role in the socio-economic development of the country like ours where other modes of transport except air service in small scale, is virtually limited.

In an attempt to facilitate efficient, effective, safe and reliable, comfortable and affordable transport services, the transport sector underwent lot of organizational reforms from a service provider to a commercially self sustaining corporation to a regulatory body.  Today, the Road Safety & Transport Authority (RSTA) is an organization responsible for consolidated motor vehicle activities in the kingdom including registration and fitness of vehicles, licensing of drivers, collection of motor vehicles taxes, traffic and transport management, besides regulation and monitoring of passenger transport service.

Institutional building has been enhanced for effective enforcement of the Road Safety and Transport Act and Regulations, proper administration and management of transport system and monitoring of safety measures. Today RSTA has 4 Regional Offices (Thimphu, Phuentsholing, Gelephu and Samdrup Jongkhar) and 16 Base. Total Strength approved by the government for the RSTA during the 9^th Plan stands at 108. Today we have a total of 99 officials and staff including GSC and ESP and excluding TOC (Drivers).