Increasing the price of petrol is the best way to solve traffic and pollution problem. To what extent do you agree or disagree? What other measures do you think might be effective.

It is argued by some people that the most important way to solve

traffic

congestion and pollution is to increase the price of

fuel

. I agree with

this

notion because a

fuel

hike

would make the daily

use

of personal cars on roads unattractive, while the development of public

transportation

system is another effective way to solve

this

problem.

First

of all, a higher cost of

fuel

would make the daily

use

of automobiles unattractive.

This

would be due to the exorbitant cost of maintaining personal cars.

Thus

, people would seek alternative means of transit, reducing the numbers of cars on roads as well as noise and exhaust from them.

For example

, following the

hike

in the pump price of petrol in Nigeria, in 2012, many car owners left their cars at home, reducing the number of vehicles on major roads, transit time, noise and exhaust from cars.

Thus

, a

hike

in the cost of gasoline would result in less

traffic

jams and pollutions from vehicles.

Furthermore

, the government should develop a good public

transportation

system in order to reduce problems on the roads. Through an effective public

transportation

scheme, many people would forgo the

use

of personal cars for modes of

transportation

such

as underground trains, bicycles and energy efficient buses. The resultant effects would be less pressure on roads, faster flow of

traffic

and less pollution of the environment. In conclusion,

fuel

hike

would discourage the daily

use

of personal cars and it is an essential approach to reducing

traffic

and pollutants from vehicles. More so, I believe that a good public

transportation

scheme would

also

be effective in running

traffic

on

roads

Suggestion

the roads

along with pollution.