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

Nowadays people think that the ultimate method of solving the problem of

traffic jam

Suggestion

traffic jams

and

pollution

is to raise the cost of

petrol

. From my point of view, I totally disagree with

this

opinion as I believe that there are other measures which might be much more effective than increasing

petrol

price

. There are reasons why I do not approve of the

given opinion

Suggestion

opinion given

.

First

and foremost, pushing up the

price

of

petrol

will make no changes to people’s habit of commuting to work by private cars. Given the inconvenience of the public transport system, no matter how expensive

petrol

is, people still have to rely on cars without having any possible alternations. What is more, increasing

petrol

price

will lead to high cost of transportation, which may affect local economy as the

price

of goods rises.

Therefore

, it is counterproductive to raise fuel prices in order to tackle the problems of

traffic

congestion and

pollution

. Measures could be taken to solve the problem of

traffic

jam include limiting the number of private cars in the city centre and encourage more people to use public transports

such

as buses or the metro. In order to make public transport passenger-friendly, the network should be expanded and the frequency should

also

be increased.

Moreover

, local authorities have to subsidize buses and trains in order to attract more people. In terms of solving

pollution problem

Suggestion

a pollution problem

the pollution problem

, nowadays thanks to the development of the energy industry, there are various types of renewable power sources in which cars can use

such

as solar power, wind energy or electricity – all of them are environmentally friendly. As long as they are put into practice, certainly no

worries have

Accept comma addition

worries, have

to be made on the disposal of exhaust fumes from cars. In conclusion, I believe that increasing

petrol

price

is not efficient since people still have to rely on their cars, given the inconvenience of the public transport.

Instead

, only by providing people with the amenities in public transportation facilities and applying renewable sources of energy to cars could

traffic

congestion and

pollution

be solved.