Some people believe the government should spend money on building train and subway lines to reduce traffic congestion. Others think that building more and wider roads is the better way to reduce traffic congestion. Discuss both views and give your opinion

The methods of mitigating

traffic

congestion

have been a heated topic of controversy. Some people argue that the construction of larger roads is the answer for the problem.

However

, I contend that

such

a solution is ineffective in the long term, while the option to construct railways and subways is a far better measure. There is a common fallacy that governmental spending on building larger roads could

sustainably

address the problem of

traffic

congestion

. An increase in road size could reduce the

traffic

intensity in the short term, but larger roads

also

mean that the citizens are encouraged to purchase more individual vehicles.

This

leads to the fact that the roads, albeit larger, would soon be filled with intense

traffic

again.

For instance

,

traffic

jams returned to Shanghai’s main streets not long after they were expanded in the early 1990s. In brief, if

this

solution is implemented,

traffic

jams would still persist in the long run. Rail and subway systems,

however

, could ensure that

traffic

congestion

is properly addressed. Unlike cars and buses, trains are capable of transporting hundreds of people simultaneously and

thus

would meet the transport demand of a vast number of passengers.

Moreover

, trains do not have to go through intersections and

traffic

lights, and dedicated lines ensure their travel is hardly interrupted.

In other words

, trains are always on

time regardless

Accept comma addition

time, regardless

of the level of

traffic

.

This

level of punctuality would encourage many people to choose railways and subways as their primary means of transport, and the number of

individuals

Suggestion

individuals'

individual

vehicles would decrease

accordingly

.

As a result

,

traffic

congestion

could be tackled successfully. The existing data

provides

Suggestion

provide

a concrete foundation to conclude that building more and larger roads in an unsustainable measure, while train and subway lines would be a much more effective solution for the problem of

traffic

congestion

.