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

Road

congestion and air

pollution

are the repercussion of higher vehicles on the

road

.

Hence

, some believe that raising the fuel's

price

will stop both issues immediately. In my opinion, I believe that it can effectively stop both matters, along with imposing higher tax to vehicles and reducing the

cost

of public

transportation

to solve the traffic and

pollution

issues. Raising petrol

price

, in my view, can encourage citizens to use alternative

transportation

such

as busses and trains.

Therefore

, as car or motorcycle users are dwindling,

road

traffic and

pollution

will simultaneously decrease.

For instance

, in developed countries, public transportations users often overcome private vehicles due to the expensive fuel

cost

. If they did not increase the fuel's

price

, it will be unlikely to solve

road

congestion and air

pollution

issues. While increasing the

price

might be useful, there are other elements that can be taken into account.

Firstly

, is to add higher taxes to

road

users.

This

is because of the fact that when the

cost

of vehicles is rising, the demand will decrease. A cigarette

levy

Suggestion

levies

,

for example

, has been significantly proven to reduce the sales of tobacco in Singapore.

Furthermore

, lowering the public

transportation

fees will persuade citizens to use less car or motorcycle on the

road

. In conclusion, in my opinion, I believe that increasing the

price

can help to stop the growing traffic and air

pollution

on the

road

.

Additionally

, introducing higher tax and decreasing public

transportation

's

cost

are other factors that need to be considered in order to solve both issues immediately.