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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
Suggestion
the government
 should spend money on building train and subway lines to reduce
traffic
 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
 view even though the
second
 one
also
 shows some positive aspects. Having more roads is attractive for some reasons.
For instance
, 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
, more lanes will be made by enlarging roads that will
contains
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contain
 more vehicles at one time.
However
, 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
traffic which
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traffic, which
 causes not a small problem for the environment.
Instead
 of widening and opening more roads, I think it will be a more economized way to solve the
traffic
 problem by having more public
transport
Suggestion
transportation
 lines. By using public vehicles, there is less
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
Suggestion
the ones
 who cannot afford a car.
Therefore
, the
traffic
 congestion is easily solved socially and economically. In conclusion, while having more roads widen directly handles the
traffic
 problem, it seems to me that having more public
transport
Suggestion
transportation
 lines brings more benefits in the long term.
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