Many governments are investing less in roads and more in public transport systems. Do the advantage outweigh the disadvantage?

These days, many governments are allocating their more fund towards public transport and less on roads. In my view, the advantage of

this

trend far outweighs the disadvantage, because not only will it reduce the

traffic

congestion and

air

pollution

, but

also

the number of

road

accidents. Admittedly, one of the main disadvantages of investing less funds on the

improvement

of roads is that it will slow down the economy. As there are many industries in the cities that are totally depend on their suppliers to supply the basic raw material, as these suppliers are operated in the other part of the city.

For instance

, if there is no construction of national highways or

improvement

on the existing roads, there will be a lot of delay in receiving the key ingredients to many manufacturing companies.

As a result

, the finished goods or essential goods will not reach to the consumers on time, and the whole economic system will get disturbed. Despite mentioning the drawback, there are many advantages of

this

trend.

Firstly

, the level of

air

pollution

and the

traffic

problem will be solved. It is true that these days, many countries are facing severe problems,

such

as the high level of

air

pollution

and

traffic

congestion. If the government improves trains, buses and tubes, these problems will be solved easily.

For instance

, the Japanese Government, every year allocates its 50% of revenue towards an

improvement

in the public transport than roads, resulting in the reduction of

air

pollution

by 5% and the

traffic

congestion by 10%.

Secondly

, there would be less

road

accidents.

This

is because, the majority of the population would use public transport system, so there could be less cars on the

road

.

Therefore

, the chances of accidents on the

road

and highway would be far less than present. In conclusion, the economy will have adverse effects if the government does not increase its fund for the

improvement

of roads as most industries will not be able to get their raw material on time.

Nonetheless

, in my opinion, the advantage of

this

development outweighs

this

downside, as it will reduce the

road

accidents,

air

pollution

and

traffic

.