Carn ownership has increased so rapidly over the past thirty year 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?

Over the past three decades, there has been a tremendous increase in the number of vehicles and the roads in most of the cities on

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planet now looks like a huge traffic jam. In my opinion,

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statement is true to most of the extent. We, humans got accustomed to luxury that we cannot afford to live without cars.

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, the

affects

property of a personal character that is portable but not used in business

effects

of excessive usage of cars

is not just limited

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are not just limited

to congested

roads but

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roads, but

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contributes towards

deterioration

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the deterioration

a deterioration

of

environment

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the environment

. In the early 1900's when the automobile industry started taking baby steps towards the

manufactuting

the act of making something (a product) from raw materials

manufacturing

of cars and other

automobiles cars

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automobiles, cars

were considered to be a luxury possession and were only owned by very few rich people in the society.

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, the scenario has changed completely and cars now have become a basic necessity and most of the people use it for day to day

transportaion

a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods

transportation

. The increased number of

car

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cars

means more traffic on the road and more pollution. The

government

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can take

initiative

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the initiative

and introduce measures to discourage people from using personal transportation. They should build a robust public transportation with frequent services at an affordable fare. There is

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a need for awareness programs that talk about how vehicles accounts

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for

one of the primary reasons for air and noise pollution. How our

wild life

all living things (except people) that are undomesticated

wildlife

and

enivironment

the totality of surrounding conditions

environment

is paying the price for excess usage of fuels that runs our vehicles. The

government

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should

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introduce

carpooling

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services which are approved by the

government

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where people going to a similar destination can share rides in a single vehicle. One good

initiaitive

readiness to embark on bold new ventures

initiative

initiatives

of

government

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that

i

refers to the speaker or writer

I

have seen in my life is the establishment of HOV (High Occupancy Vehicles) Lane. These are specific lanes on the roads

where

have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)

were

only vehicles with two or more passengers are allowed to drive in. These lanes are reserved for

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vehicles and encourage people to carpool as these lanes are less congested and allows people to reach their destination at a faster pace. I believe, it is quite true that there is an exponential growth in the number of cars that are present on the roads in major cities and it's not just the responsibility of the

government

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to control the

vehicles but

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vehicles, but

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every single person in

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worlds

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world

as

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is our planet and we should do everything in our power to save the planet earth as we

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do not

don't

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one.