The first car appeared on British roads in 1888. By the year 2000 there may be as many as 29 million vehicles on British roads. Alternative forms of transport should be encouraged and international laws introduced to control car ownership and use. What are your views?

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With the introduction of the
first
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car
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by Ford, at the turn of the 19th century, the world has entered a new era in the field of
transportation
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. Vehicles shortly became the most common form of
transportation
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, replacing horses and
carages
a railcar where passengers ride
carriages
, and all the metropolitan cities quickly began to pave roads for all the new cars that arrived. Nearly a century later, millions of cars are sold daily worldwide, and the environmental consequences are easily seen. Increased pollution, dirt and traffic
are increasing
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is increasing
rapidly, and it is easily understandable that a new
way
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of
transportation
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should be
engourages
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encouraged
encourages
in order to control
car
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ownership and
use
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. Several ways to control vehicle
use
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have been implemented in the past decade, all directed at minimizing the amount of
car
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usage.
Initially
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,
car
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insurance and gasoline price can be substantially raised, which lead to a situation where it is cheaper to
use
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public
transportation
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,
such
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as a train or a bus, rather
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then
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than
private cars.
This
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has been tried successfully in New York
city
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, and have lead to a 5% decrease in the amount of cars used in the
city
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center
an area that is approximately central within some larger region
centre
.
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, legislating a law that prohibits cars from entering the
city
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, similar to the law implemented in Amsterdam, force people to
use
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other means of
transportation
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.
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, promoting through various financial means carpool programs may
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decrease the amount of vehicles on the road. In my opinion, there is a need for drastic change in the
way
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we
use
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transportation
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. I believe cars not should be allowed in major
city
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centers
an area that is approximately central within some larger region
centres
Centers
, and that public
trasnportation
a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods
transportation
should be the only
way
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people can go from one place to another. By completely preventing
enterance
something that provides access (to get in or get out)
entrance
of cars and, at the same time, promoting the
use
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of
environmetally
for the environment
environmentally
friendly
transportation
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,
such
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as
electircal
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electric
electrical
electoral
trains, we can maintain a pollution free
city
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and a clean
city
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. In conclusion, in my opinion,
Car
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use
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should be strongly discouraged and public
transportation
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should be the main
way
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of
transportation
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in our
city
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. In that
way
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we will be able to save our planet and our family.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • reliance on
  • regulate
  • traffic congestion
  • pollution
  • public health
  • sustainable development
  • alternative forms of transport
  • car ownership
  • balancing benefits and drawbacks
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