In many cities of the world, traffic congestion is a serious problem.   What are the causes and what can be done about it?

   Globally, road

traffic

is a dilemma, particularly in urban areas. The major reasons for

this

are rural-urban migration as well as

poor maintenance culture

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the poor maintenance culture

a poor maintenance culture

of the cities, especially of infrastructure. There are a variety of ways to tackle

this problems

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this problem

these problems

,

however

, development of rural areas and

improvement

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improving

improve

improved

upon existing forms of travelling are the best.    

First

and foremost, overpopulation remains a major cause of

traffic

on roads worldwide.

This

is due to the fact that more people leave the rural areas to the cities in search of better job opportunities. The end result of which, is a significant increase in the number of

motorvehicles

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motor vehicles

, because they have to get to their places of work. Another reason is that most of the infrastructures in the cities are overworked due to the ever increasing population.

This coupled

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This, coupled

with poor maintenance leaves the other sectors redundant,

therefore

, people would rely more on what they can trust, which most times are their personal cars.    To deal with these obstacles, governments should disburse funds to develop local areas and make them more habitable for people, so that their businesses can thrive and they can stop migrating to the cities.

In addition

, the state can

also

put improve upon the other forms of transportation, 

such

as the underground railway system and aviation.

This

will help to reduce the number of cars on the road as people will prefer to take

the faster

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the fastest

means of transportation.

For instance

, a survey carried out in Nigeria, revealed that

traffic

reduced by almost forty percent in areas where the trains were highly functional.     The problem of

traffic

congestion is becoming alarming.

This

is often caused by migration and lack of maintenance of other means of transport. The most effective ways to solve

this

problem are rural development and rehabilitation of the existing forms of transport, so as to reduce the influx of cars

unto

to on

onto

into

the road