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

With the maturity of techniques has

lower oil drilling cost

Suggestion

a lower oil drilling cost

, people in nowadays society enjoy cheaper

petrol

. It led us to a more convenient life, since owning private vehicles become affordable;

however

, it

also

led to several issues

such

as growing

traffic

and pollution. I partially agree that raising

petrol

price

help lighten pollution, but

further

methods need to be done to tackle

traffic issue

Suggestion

the traffic issue

.

Accept space

.

From the economic standpoint, demand and supply stay in equilibrium. If

price

Suggestion

the price

of a certain product goes down, demand for it will raise theoretically, and vice versa. If the

price

of

petrol

increases, it will decrease incentive to purchase,

thus

result in less usage, by which can help mitigate

pollution issue

Suggestion

the pollution issue

.

However

, I don’t think

traffic

can be

solve

Suggestion

solved

by

this

mean, because the need of transportation still occurs. I believe new and innovative products,

such

as electric vehicles will be launched to replace traditional cars.

For example

, Tesla’s electric cars. The transition is positive for the environment, but

traffic

congestion

remain

Suggestion

remains

. The only mean to mitigate

traffic issue

Suggestion

the traffic issue

traffic issues

is by decreasing usage of private-owned vehicles. Possible measures can be taken at governmental level.

First

, government should encourage citizens to take public transportations.

For example

, fee for buses is cheap in Taipei, and the low fee urges more people to use the facilities.

Secondly

,

government

Suggestion

the government

can implement road pricing rules in crowded city to decrease incentives

to

Suggestion

for

entering

city center

Suggestion

the city centre

city centre

city centres

by private cars. In conclusion, increasing

petrol

price

can only solve part of the

issues

Suggestion

issue

, but other approaches are

also

required to solve

traffic problem

Suggestion

traffic problems

the traffic problem

a traffic problem

.