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

Environmental

pollution

is a challenge battled by most countries all over the world. Some people are of the opinion that raising the tariffs on petrol is the most effective method of tackling the problem of increasing

traffic

and

pollution

. I totally disagree with

this

view, as other measures

such

as reduction in the

use

of private cars and creating transport systems that does not

use

fossil

fuel

are better productive techniques of curtailing

traffic

congestion and

pollution

.

First

, increasing the value of petrol in order to control

traffic

and environmental

pollution

is counterproductive as the result of

this

action might not be significant when compared to other means

such

as reducing the rate at which people

use

personal cars.

This

is because, the purchase of petrol will still be on-going irrespective of the

price

, as there are other ways by which

this

inflation can be compensated.

For example

; In the year 2002, when the

price

of

fuel

was inflated in Lagos the report of

traffic

problems was still the same as when

fuel

price

was subsidize in 1999.

However

, it was noticed that cost of commodities increased significantly.

Thus

, it is clear that increasing the

price

of

fuel

have no serious correlation to controlling

traffic

jams.

However

, there are other vital means of dealing with

traffic

and

pollution

that are productive.

Firstly

, Reducing the

use

of personal vehicles has proven to be one of the most effective ways to tackle

traffic

and

pollution

.

For instance

, if government should mandate the

use

of public transportation and

also

creating regulations that bind the

use

of private cars on the flexibility of usage,

this

will greatly lead to a decline in the number vehicles that appear on the road, which will lead to reductions in the emission of fumes that causes depletion of the ozone layer.

Also

, creating other means of transport

such

as railways which can convey a large group number of people at a time is another effective way of reducing

traffic

. In conclusion, innovation of other transporting system and regulative the

use

of cars are better techniques of controlling

traffic

and

pollution

.

Thus

,

this

should be implemented.