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?

Especially in the past thirty years

car

ownership had increased rapidly because of the consistently increasing

car

demand in the society.

This

fact has some consequences; many cities, particularly the

metropoles

a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts

metropolis

, are now suffering from

traffic

. As a resident in the heart of a

metropole

a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts

metropolis

, Istanbul, I can easily say that individual

car

ownership made our

city one big

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city into one big

traffic

jam. I will discuss how can

this

issue be resolved.

First

of all, the main problem is to decrease the individual

car

ownership. In order to decrease the usage, the best way is to invest

on

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in

public

transportation

. Public busses play a

great

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greater

role in public

transportation

. One can say that individual cars are more comfortable and quicker. But an increase in the quantity of busses and bus routes, can produce a shift towards busses.

Also

, decreasing the

transportation

fees can be an option. In the long run, the best option for public

transportation

is

metro

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a metro

, since

its

it is

it's

cheap, quick and comfortable. Increasing the number of vehicles and constructing new stations would give

traffic

a breath.

Besides

public

transportation

, an additional tax can be introduced

for

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to

a family who wants to buy an additional

car

.

For example

, a family consisting of two adults, can buy only one personal vehicle. For the

second

vehicle, they have to pay an additional tax. And that additional tax can be used to supply public

transportation

. Restricting the

usage

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use

of individual vehicles will

also

decrease the rates of air pollution. But personally, I am not a fan of restricting people’s personal intentions, but anyway that can provide a solution. In conclusion, there are several ways to prevent our cities being a big

traffic

jam. Governments have lots of things to prevent

traffic

. But the

first

thing is, they should promote public

transportation

.