Car ownership has increased so rapidly over the past thirty years that many cities in the world are now ‘one big traffic jam’ How true do you think this statement is? What measures can governments take to discourage people from using their cars?

Nowadays, the number of vehicles

rose

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has risen

had risen

sharply and it was considered to be the main cause of the

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problems in many cities.

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essay will present my view about

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problem

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and propose two measures as a remedy to it. In the past, it was difficult for some people

to buy

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buying

cars because of their expensive prices.

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, when technology was developed, the cost of

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manufacturing was decreased making it reachable for everyone.

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, consumers have the power to buy vehicles and

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it led to a huge

traffic

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problem

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we face today. I personally think it is true that an increase in

car

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ownership can lead to a

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problem

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. In order to solve

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problem

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, there are two solutions that

government

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can

use

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to influence people not to

use

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their private cars.

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,

government

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should encourage people to

use

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public transportations. In fact, many countries have already encouraged their people to

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public services

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of their own vehicles but the

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still not be solved because people did not realize how effective using public transport can be.

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,

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government

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the government

should develop public

transportation

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in many ways;

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, every commuters’ cleanliness should be at

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an excellent level

, buses should be on time and have their own lane during peak hours and estimate travel time should be provided to people.

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Other

measures which

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are considered

as

a

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an

indirect solution to reduce using private vehicles is that

government

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increase

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increases

some costs that paid by

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owners and decrease price of public transport tickets at the same time. Increasing costs of using private vehicles

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as fuel tax,

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maintenance, or tollway tickets can encourage people to look for another kind of

transportation

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to take them to their destinations.

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, if

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government

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the government

reduce

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reduces

public

transportation

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price, they can get more attention from people and that might solve the

traffic

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jam

problem

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. In conclusion, I strongly agree that the increase of

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ownership

crate

make or cause to be or to become

create

the

problem

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of

traffic

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jam in many countries. The two solutions that

government

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can

use

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to convince people from using their own vehicles

are effective public

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are an effective public

transportation

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improvement and the increasing costs of using cars together with reducing public

transportation

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prices.