Some people believe 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.

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There are opinions differ on whether
government
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the government
should spend money on building train and subway lines to reduce
traffic
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congestion or building more and widen roads is
the better
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the best
way. Personally, I am in agreement with the
first
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view even though the
second
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one
also
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shows some positive aspects. Having more roads is attractive for some reasons.
For instance
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, if government
invest
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invests
to build more and widen roads, it will
creat
make or cause to be or to become
create
favourable transportation conditions for people in remote areas and promotes tourism development of some potential areas.
Additionally
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, more lanes will be made by enlarging roads that will
contains
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contain
more vehicles at one time.
However
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, I believe it is more beneficial to construct more train and subway lines. Because of
over population
too much population
overpopulation
, more and more vehicles, especially cars, participate in
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traffic which
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traffic, which
causes not a small problem for the environment.
Instead
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of widening and opening more roads, I think it will be a more economized way to solve the
traffic
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problem by having more public
transport
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transportation
lines. By using public vehicles, there is less
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traffic dust
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traffic, dust
released because the more people use trains and subways, the less people use cars. Importantly, train’s and subway’s ticket prices are suitable options for
ones
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the ones
who cannot afford a car.
Therefore
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, the
traffic
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congestion is easily solved socially and economically. In conclusion, while having more roads widen directly handles the
traffic
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problem, it seems to me that having more public
transport
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transportation
lines brings more benefits in the long term.
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