"The Roads Must Roll" (in Ukrainian "Roads must roll") is a science fiction book by the famous American writer Robert Heinlein. This book opens up to the reader a unique world where a transnational system of mechanized roads replaces conventional roadways, endangering classical transport progress. The main idea of the work is that technological progress can bring both benefit and danger to humanity. In the book, the author reveals complex vicissitudes and internal conflicts among the heroes who work for road managers, and helps the reader see the problem through the prism of different personalities and values. In accordance with the best traditions of the genre, the focus of the story is not only technical progress, but also the moral aspects of its impact on human life. The book "Roads must roll" leaves behind many questions, provoking the reader to discuss and think about the future of civilization.