Increasing the price of petrol is the best way to solve growing traffic and pollution problems.

It is believed by some that hiking the price of fuels, with

petrol

in particular

, will help in curbing vehicular

traffic

and their subsequent

pollution

in urban localities. In my opinion, increased fuel prices may prevent people from using vehicles frequently and

subsequently

, lower

traffic

issues and vehicle

pollution

.

However

, I doubt it will bring any major change to our current situation. On the one hand, increasing the price of

petrol

will discourage people from operating vehicles for tasks that could easily be accomplished by any other means of transport,

such

as cycles or buses, which in turn, would result in fewer vehicles running through the city.

Also

, a rise in the cost of

petrol

will encourage everyone to shift towards greener, non-polluting options

such

as, electric cars and bikes, in effect, decreasing the vehicular

pollution

.

On the other hand

, it must be noted that

pollution

is of various kinds and is not particularly limited to, vehicular

pollution

only, but is

also

affected by various industries and human activities.

Furthermore

, increased cost of

petrol

does not necessarily mean fewer

traffic

problems, as people shifting to electronic vehicles will

also

form a major part of the

traffic

. As

such

, we should

also

keep in mind, that higher

petrol

prices will eventually lead to a hike of prices in various other fuel-dependent sectors, with transportation sector as a major example. In conclusion, I believe, hiked prices of

petrol

will have little contribution in lowering

traffic

and

pollution

related issues. To control these problems, the nation's government should build wider roads and, at the same time, urge its citizens to shift towards non-polluting solutions.