In order to solve traffic problems, governments should tax private car owners heavily and use the money to improve public transportation. What are the advantages and disadvantages of such a solution?

Man people are of the view that growing traffic congestion can be solved by adding some kind of charge on personal car use and use the collected funds for

betterment

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the betterment

of public

transportation

. In my opinion, there are both pros and cons of

this

approach that need careful evaluation. On the

one

hand, asking people who own a car to pay some kind of fees serves dual benefit.

Firstly

, it discourages people to purchase new cars as they would be aware of additional expenses in terms owning a car.

This

, thereby, would lead to reduction in cars available on roads and contributing to

decongestion

.

Secondly

, taxes on personal vehicle and additional revenue generated due to more people using public vehicles would help

government

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the government

governments

to build a fund that can be used to increase

number

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the number

of public

transportation

vehicles,

facilites

a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry

facilities

, safety and security, thereby, promoting public

transportation

. In

one

of the surveys

this

year, 90 percent felt that additional funds

needs

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need

to be deployed on improvement of local public

transportation

facilites

a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry

facilities

.

On the other hand

, in a developed country, people would tend to view it as their right to be able to move around from

one

place to another in luxury of their private vehicle. Having to pay a

lot

for

this

convenience might irk middle and upper class.

Also

, there can be

lot

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lots

of situations when

one

cannot simply always rely on public transport.

For example

, in case of an accident at home or medical emergency,

one

cannot just wait for public

transportation

. Relying only on

public mode

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public modes

on

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of

commuting would be especially for

elder

advanced in years; ('aged' is pronounced as two syllables)

older

and

disbaled

incapable of functioning as a consequence of injury or illness

disabled

people along with small kids.

Additionally

, bringing public commuting experience to a level where everyone can commute easily at any time for any amount of distance safely and securely might need

lot

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lots

of expenditure on these

facilites

a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry

facilities

. Albeit, it still may not be enough. So, in my opinion, while there are benefits of less cars plying on

road

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the road

roads

leading to uncluttered roads and funds for public mode of transport,

one

should not ignore hardships that citizens may have to face due to

such

a move. Traffic is high,

afterall

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after all

, due to

lot

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lots

of people preferring to use own vehicle. Maybe,

government

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the government

should work towards

gradual shift

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a gradual shift

in preference of people from using public means

instead

of private means for transport.